Two Book Reviews: Seahorse and Violet

A Seahorse on the Thames, by Susan Meissner, is a beautiful story of love, forgiveness, memory, and hope. Meissner’s characters are so real, I can hear their voices as I read. She paints folks as flawed, yet yearning—needy, yet strong. I wanted her protagonist, Alexa...

Sacred Failure

I normally have my One Year Bible handy when I have my breakfast. I’m delving into Jeremiah’s depression right now. To be honest, it makes me pretty darned sad for poor Jeremiah. But, alas, today, my One Year was two flights up and I was too lazy to get...

Letter from a Reader

It’s such a surprise and joy when I receive letters from readers, but this one stood above the rest. My heart in writing fiction has been to use the power of story to touch folks deep in their hearts. It’s confirming to see this happen: I just finished...

A LOL Review

Today I found this on Watching the Tree Limbs Amazon site: A Whole Saturday . . . gone, thanks to this book!, August 27, 2006 Reviewer: L. Ward “Pastor Boy” (Dallas, TX) – See all my reviews Way to go, DeMuth! You’ve taken away a whole Saturday...