The Looking Glass, Richard Paul Evans
The Looking Glass, Richard Paul Evans
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The Looking Glass

Author: Richard Paul Evans

Narrator: Barrett Whitener

Unabridged: 5 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/21/2012


Synopsis

"It is silent now, the blizzard has paused and left the moment still. I think about them both at such times -- roaming the shadowlands of remembrance amidst the shards of my broken heart."
--Exerpt from Hunter Bell's diary

The winter storms of the wide-open frontier reflect the anguish raging in Hunter Bell, a minister who heads to Utah's gold-mining towns after his wife dies in childbirth. A man with nothing left ot loose, he plays the card tables for money to care for his youngs daughter back home. But in the heart of a driving blizzard, Hunter makes a shocking discovery --and begins to see that a life tested by unthinkable cruelty can still be rich with faith, love, and hope for a better tomorrow...

#1 bestselling author Richard Paul Evans steps back to the American Old West with this powerful novel of love and redemption, part of a trilogy that includes The Locket and The Carousel.

About Richard Paul Evans

Showing great tenacity, American author, Richard Paul Evans, grew up in Murray City, Utah, and when he decided to write and publish a book, he could not find a willing publisher, so he self-published. That book was entitled, The Christmas Box. He had been working full time as an advertising executive, when he decided to write a Christmas story for his children. He distributed his book to area bookstores, and it became a huge local success.

The following year, The Christmas Box became the #2 bestseller on the New York Times list. That distinction led to a bidding war among publishers (who originally had no interest). Simon and Schuster won the bidding with their advance payment of $4.2 million! They released the book in hardcover in 1995, and it became the first book to be NYT #1 bestseller in both hard cover and paperback.

In 1995, The Christmas Box was made into a movie for television, starring Richard Thomas and Maureen O'Hara. In 1996 his book, Timepiece, was also made into a television movie starring Naomi Watts, James Earl Jones, and Ellen Burstyn. Other books adapted for movies were, The Locket, A Perfect Day, The Mistletoe Promise, and The Mistletoe Inn.

Evans is known for his conservative Christian themes appealing to family values, and for his children's books. He also founded Christmas Box House, Int'l that helps abused and neglected children, with a network of shelters and services. Another group was established to help men who have feelings of isolation caused by the "toxic masculinity" movement by some women. This group is called Tribe of Kyngs. Evans lives in Salt Lake City, Utah with his wife, five children, and one grandchild.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Diane on March 08, 2017

very complex and emotional..a story about surviving the Old West..(paperback!)......more

Goodreads review by Nandi on April 26, 2008

If you want to read a story about a woman in historical times who survived the odds somehow in spite of the limitations, then this is the book for you. It's about a wayward preacher who hurt by the death of his wife after giving birth to their child, leaves his home in Pennsylvania and heads west be......more

Goodreads review by Heidi on April 03, 2012

Really liked this book. could hardly put it down. Very well-written. **Spoilers** HOWEVER, I read this a week or so ago & STILL cannot get over that Hunter dies in the end. Especially right after all the promises he made to Quaye. I RE-wrote the ending in my head & he recovers after all & they both m......more

Goodreads review by Christine on December 31, 2020

I thought it was really good, combining both historical facts but romance and conflicts......more

Goodreads review by Kari on January 07, 2020

Despite an extremely sad and unexpected ending, I loved this book. (ummmm hello….you see who the Author is….of course I loved it) Set in a a town called Bethel, a small gold camp in western Utah in 1857 (50 years prior to the arrival of Esther Huish from The Locket). It's a love story, as well as a......more