Dear Deb, Margaret Terry
Dear Deb, Margaret Terry
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Dear Deb
A Woman with Cancer, a Friend with Secrets, and the Letters that Became Their Miracle

Author: Margaret Terry

Narrator: Patty Fogarty

Unabridged: 4 hr 58 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 10/01/2019

Synopsis

"I want you to know that if my illness inspired you to write these stories, the cancer was worth it."ùDebWhat stories could possibly make cancer worth it?Stories that represent a miracleùa lifetime of miracles. Stories that changed the writer as she wrote them and stories that will touch the heart of the reader, one by one by one. Stories that are not just stories.They started out as words of encouragement to a dying woman. They turned into a collection of sparkling and intimate moments, pulled from the past to finally be understood and shared with new meaning.Story by story, letter by letter, Margaret Terry uncovered powerful pictures in her own life of the one truth that could help carry her friend Deb from this life to the next: God is at work.Together, Deb and Margaret found renewed hope in all the ways God shows up right to the very end. Which is where they found the miracle they'd been praying for all along. In each other.

About Margaret Terry

Margaret Terry and her sons live in Ontario, Canada, where she still stops by the side of the road to pick the Queen Anne’s lace. Her favorite thing to do is cook for family and friends and sit around the table telling stories.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Alanna on January 27, 2016

Just beautiful. I'm pretty sure I cried no less than 10 times during the reading of this! It's tender and honest. The vivid descriptions and vulnerability left me craving more of Margaret's stories. This is not the type of book I'm normally drawn to (I tend to lose myself in campy fiction rather tha......more

Goodreads review by Deacon Tom on June 18, 2024

Very touching. More so for me because I have leukemia.......more

Goodreads review by Jeanette on October 02, 2012

A letter can be so powerful, writes Alexandra Stoddard in one of the most lovely of books, *Gift of a Letter,* and she is right. A letter can stir you and leave you with a piece of someone, the mark of their hand, the intentions of their heart. And a letter can save your life. Too often we miss this......more

Goodreads review by Karen on July 06, 2013

Dear Deb isn't your typical book about cancer. Instead of focusing on her ailment Deb focuses on the miracle that is sure to happen. That miracle is this book. Margaret Terry successfully captures the essence of life in her book while looking at the ups and downs of her own journey. This book is abo......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne on July 11, 2013

Long title aside, this was a great read. The title makes it sound like another sad cancer story, when in reality it is comprised of stories from the author's life that she wrote to encourage her friend. You will see how God is always at work - if only we will notice. At the 2013 Word Awards (sponsore......more

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