Hope on the Inside, Marie Bostwick
Hope on the Inside, Marie Bostwick
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Hope on the Inside

Author: Marie Bostwick

Narrator: Hillary Huber

Unabridged: 11 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/26/2019

Categories: Fiction, Family Life


Synopsis

"Whatever comes your way, find the happiness in it." Hope Carpenter received that advice from her mother decades ago. Now, with their four children grown, Hope and her husband, Rick, are suddenly facing an uncertain future, after a forced retirement strains both their savings and their marriage. Seeking inspiration and a financial boost, Hope gets a job teaching crafts to inmates at a local women's prison.

At first, Hope feels foolish and irrelevant, struggling to relate to women whose choices seem so different from her own. But with time, and the encouragement of the prison chaplain, she begins to discover common ground with the inmates, in their worries about their children and families, their fear of having failed those who need them. Just like her, they want to make something of themselves, but believe it might be impossible.

Embarking on an ambitious quilting project, Hope and her students begin to bond. Together, piece by piece, they learn to defy expectations—their own and others'—and to see that it's never too late to stitch together a life that, even in its imperfections, is both surprising and beautiful.

About Marie Bostwick

Marie Bostwick was born and raised in the northwest. In the three decades since her marriage, Marie and her family have moved frequently, living in eight different states at eighteen different addresses. These experiences have given Marie a unique perspective that enables her to write about people from all walks of life and corners of the country with insight and authenticity. Marie currently resides in Portland, where she enjoys writing, spending time with family, gardening, collecting fabric, and stitching quilts.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Sherri

This is my 11th book by Marie Bostwick and they just get better and better. I was excited when this finally came into my library as an e-book as it takes so long to get them from the library. A wonderful heartwarming story that I can tell the author did a lot of research on it. Loved it and read it......more

Hope on the Inside is a special, heartwarming story. I thought it contained good writing and the story progressed at a good pace. Hope likes to be active and to help people. After their move to Olympia, she is at loose ends. The job teaching crafts to female inmates seems like the perfect fit. Unfor......more

First off, Marie, my family says thank-you for the Tollhouse cookies I was compelled to bake upon finishing this book. They aren’t Rosemary bread, but they are my go-to baking comfort. It was either bake or quilt and I can’t sew worth a lick. Your Home-Ec teacher must’ve liked you more than mine did......more