Leota's Garden

Title: Leota's Garden
Author: Francine Rivers
Genre: Fiction

Corbin is a college student writing a paper trying to pass his sociology class. Annie is a recent high school graduate faced with monumental decisions. Should she abide by her mothers prodding and attend one of the handful of exclusive universities she's been accepted to, or pursue her passion at a community college and study art until she figures out what God's will is for her life. Nora Gaines, Annies mother, is a classy but distraught middle aged women struggling to keep her third marriage together. Sam, brother of Susan Carter who is Annies best friend, has recently accepted Jesus Christ as his Savior after a spotted past.

All of these characters are brought together by Leota Reinhardt. Leota is a women in her 80's who is very lonely. Because she doesn't have company much, she becomes used to solitude and her manner is conceived by some as curt. But when a handful of college students cross paths with Leota, she is able to share that there is so much more to life than what the things of the world has to offer.

The story is quaint and easy to read with an unexpected twist at the end. A good read to look forward to at the end of the day.