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The Arms of God
The Arms of God
Author: Lynne Hinton
Alice is making her daughter dinner when her mother Olivia, who left her at a day care center when she was four, appears at her door. Alice has learned almost nothing about Olivia, when suddenly Olivia dies, leaving Alice to sift through her belongings. As she pieces together her mother's life, Alice learns how a woman can become so desperat...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780312347956
ISBN-10: 0312347952
Publication Date: 11/1/2005
Pages: 272
Rating:
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2.9 stars, based on 11 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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I liked the book, although I was confused for quite a while what most of the book had to do with the beginning of the book. I would read more by the author.
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Alice has come to terms with her abandonment when her elderly mother shows up on her doorstep. The author then gives us a tumultuous history back to Alice's grandmother. In so, revealing how women in this family expertly close off their hearts.
The author spends most of the book telling us the story of Olivia's troubled childhood and the events leading up to Alice's abandonment. In the very end of this novel we finally realize how so much pain really can bring one to "The Arms of God"


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