The Muir House, Mary E DeMuth
The Muir House, Mary E DeMuth
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The Muir House

Author: Mary E DeMuth

Narrator: Renee Raudman, Reneé Raudman

Unabridged: 10 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Zondervan

Published: 07/05/2011

Synopsis

Set in a growing suburb of Texas, The Muir House explores trauma, healing, love new and old, and the life-changing choices people make to keep their reputations intact."Mary DeMuth is an evocative, beautiful storyteller. She will move you emotionally, she will impact you spiritually." --Tosca LeeWilla Muir has spent her life chasing a past she can't remember. A full year of her childhood is missing, locked away behind an impenetrable wall of forgotten trauma. With her parents gone, she has no one left to ask--only cryptic words from her mother's deathbed and a lingering sense that something in her past doesn't add up.When her fiancé proposes, Willa panics. How can she commit to a future when her own past remains a mystery? Desperate for answers, she returns to her childhood home in Rockwall, Texas, determined to uncover the truth. But the deeper she digs, the more tangled the past becomes--especially when an old love reappears, bringing back emotions she thought she'd left behind.As long-buried secrets come to light, Willa must decide: Will she let the truth heal her--or will it destroy everything she's built?Discover the truth waiting within The Muir House--where the past lingers, love endures, and finding home is never as simple as it seems.

About Mary E DeMuth

Mary DeMuth is the author of several southern novels, including A Slow Burn, Life in Defiance, and the Christy award finalists, Watching the Tree Limbs and Daisy Chain.  She’s also written four parenting books and a memoir, Thin Places. She’s passionate about the written word, teaching, and mentoring writers. Mary lives in Texas with her husband, Patrick, and their three children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Casey on June 19, 2011

There is a powerful symbolism in “The Muir House” between Willa’s old home and Willa herself. And as the story progresses, that symbolism only becomes more clear. Willa is a young woman desperately searching for “her” place in the world. But there are so many secrets locked within her, that it pushes......more

Goodreads review by Alycia on July 13, 2011

Mary DeMuth has written a page-turner that had me holding my breath as I turned the next page. I questioned, "What happens next?" more than once throughout reading The Muir House. Meet Willa Muir. An interior decorator who's been "cutting" since she was a young girl. A woman afraid to commit her life......more

Goodreads review by Andi on July 21, 2011

Willa is a young woman who is looking for a place to call home, she has secrets locked inside of her that she can't remember. As she begins to search for the secrets to who she is she learns who she is. There is powerful symbolism between the Muir house that Willa is to refurbish and Willa herself.......more

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on May 16, 2019

This is another one that was 3.5 stars. Really well written. DeMuth's novel is both contemplative and moving. The reader gets a true sense of Willa's strife as she searches for the truth about her past. The spiritual aspect of the novel is subtle, but fits perfectly with the story of forgiveness and......more

Goodreads review by Rebecca on June 20, 2019

This was a slow read and it felt like it only got more interesting about half way through. I persisted with reading it because I wanted to know what the mystery was. Although this is a 'Christian' book and mentions Jesus and God it's lacking a clear picture of the Gospel, which is a shame. When I go......more

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