I have yet to find a Frank Peretti book that I didn't like. My fiance handed me this one several months ago to read, but I finally grabbed it for vacation--and it was the first thing I read after leaving the house! This is a quick and easy read, while also being something of a tear-jerk-er at times.
The book opens with Dan and Kathy attending the funeral for a man they didn't know well as the only mourners other than the pastor. After the graveside service, they are walking through the cemetery and they come upon a woman mourning at a headstone that simply reads "Tilly" with one date on it. Despite Dan's warnings, Kathy approaches the woman and tries to comfort her and at the same time, find out who Tilly was. The woman flees in fear. For about a week afterward, Kathy is unable to function and spends most of her time in the bedroom, trying to figure out what happened, as well as how to talk to Dan about it, and other things on her mind. At the end of the week, Kathy is sleeping and when she wakes up there are hundreds of children in her yard....children she doesn't recognize....making noise that she doesn't appreciate because she is trying to sleep. She shoos most of them away, with the exception of one small girl. This small girl asks to eat lunch with Kathy in her house. Once Kathy hears her name, Tilly, she acquiesces. As Kathy and Tilly spend time getting to know one another, Dan is on a mission of his own--to find out who the woman was and who Tilly is.
Both Kathy and Dan are able to get the answers to their questions and are also able to lay aside the guilt that had plagued them for a number of years for something they did. In an effort to not completely spoil the ending, I won't say anymore, other than...this book is an example of forgiveness....forgiveness that we must give one another, the forgiveness that comes from God, and accepting that forgiveness once it is meted out.
Happy Reading!!
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