The Carolina Heirlooms Novel by Lisa Wingate

The Carolina Heirlooms Novel by Lisa Wingate

ECPA Christian Book Award Finalist, Christy Award Finalist, Christianity Today Book Award Finalist!

"THE PRAYER BOX is a masterpiece of story and skill."-- Debbie Macomber, NYT #1 Bestselling Author

"A good option for fans of Nicholas Sparks and Mary Alice Monroe" - Library Journal

When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola's rambling Victorian house.

Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find more than a temporary hiding place within Iola's walls, but everything changes with the discovery of eighty-one carefully decorated prayer boxes, one for each year, spanning from Iola's youth to her last days. Hidden in the boxes is the story of a lifetime, written on random bits of paper--the hopes and wishes, fears and thoughts of an unassuming but complex woman passing through the seasons of an extraordinary, unsung life filled with journeys of faith, observations on love, and one final lesson that could change everything.

This masterfully woven tale includes:

• A lush, southern setting
• Themes of past mistakes, faith, and redemption
• A touch of romance

Perfect for fans of Christian women's fiction, this novel now includes discussion questions for book clubs.

Lisa Wingate is the author of thirty New York Times bestseller novels. The Pat Conroy Southern Book Prize, the Oklahoma Book Award, the Utah Library Award, the Carol Award, the Christy Award, and the RT Booklovers Reviewer's Choice Award are just a few of the prizes she's won or been nominated for. Before We Were Yours, her most recent work, received the 2017 Goodreads Choice Award for Historical Fiction.