Elizabeth Landis is Aware. Well, that is what she will tell you. She has people figured out. Either a person is Aware or they are Unaware. This is what she has firmly believed her whole life…until one day when God intervenes. In a single moment Elizabeth’s life is shaken to the core, changed forever. Clinging to her new found faith, Elizabeth reviews her life, an ill-kept garden in her hands. Hoping to discover the root of what caused her husband to seek the love of another woman, she examines her “garden”, weeds and all. Could she have foreseen and somehow avoided what had happened? What led to this betrayal? Is God’s grace sufficient to mend this broken relationship?

Poetry lovers will enjoy A Garden to Keep, as the author Jamie Langston Turner has incorporated various selections of poetry into the story. A Garden to Keep, trowels through the gritty realities of life and relationships, causing the reader to examine how they tend their own garden. And asking the reader, “Are you ready for grace?” Not just ready to receive grace, but also to give grace.

Review by:
Deborah Brine
A Cup of Joy