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Irene and Nate Stanley are living a quiet and contented life with their two children, Bliss and Shep, on their family farm in southern Illinois when Nate suddenly announces he's been offered a job as a deputy sheriff in Oregon. Irene does not want to uproot her family and has deep misgivings. They are
… More »Irene and Nate Stanley are living a quiet and contented life with their two children, Bliss and Shep, on their family farm in southern Illinois when Nate suddenly announces he's been offered a job as a deputy sheriff in Oregon. Irene does not want to uproot her family and has deep misgivings. They are just settling into their life in Oregon's high desert when 15-year-old Shep is shot and killed during an apparent robbery in their home. The murderer is caught and sentenced to death. Irene copes by waiting, week by week, for Daniel Robbin's execution and the justice she feels she and her family deserve. Ultimately, faced with a growing sense that Robbin's death will not stop her pain, Irene takes the extraordinary and clandestine step of reaching out to her son's killer, and the two forge an unlikely connection.--From publisher description.
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Add a CommentSuch a worthwhile book to read that is truly unforgettable.
This was a bit of a challenging book because the POV is different than what I usually read - I don't often get the conservative Christian viewpoint. However, I thought that Rakha had some really great things to say about forgiveness - how sometimes it's done for selfish reasons, to get rid of your own psychological baggage and move forward; how it's a journey that often includes setbacks, and some steps have to be made over and over again; how sometimes it's easier to forgive someone else than it is to forgive yourself. Though I was sometimes frustrated in coming up against a viewpoint that I don't necessarily agree with, it was a very readable book and I'm glad that I read it.
great read about the power of forgiveness!
I agree with the previous comment - an un-put-downable book and thoughtful character development. Believable characterisation and good discussion of whether capital punishment offers closure in any way.
An absolutely mesmerizing novel about tragedy and the redemptive power of forgiveness, plotted around the killing of a boy and his murderer on Death Row. Rakha has written a book that is almost impossible to put down. It is hauntingly beautiful, with wonderfully complex characters; there are a few surprises in the story, but the point is not the mysteries of fact, but the mysteries of the heart. The Crying Tree has won many awards and accolades--it was a 2010 Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award winner, is a 2010 Target Stores Breakout Pick and a favorite handsell at bookstores. Now it has been chosen as the only book by an American author for the relaunch of the U.K.'s Richard and Judy Book Club. "A mesmerizing novel about tragedy and the redemptive power of forgiveness."