The Sinners Garden, William Sirls
The Sinners Garden, William Sirls
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The Sinners' Garden

Author: William Sirls

Narrator: John McLain

Unabridged: 11 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Oasis Audio

Published: 12/17/2013

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

Andy Kemp’s young life has been as ravaged as his scarred face. Disfigured by an abusive father, the teenager hides behind his books and an impenetrable wall of cynicism and anger.

As Andy’s mother struggles to reconnect with him, his Uncle Rip returns transformed from a stint in prison and wants to be a mentor to the reclusive boy, doing everything he can to help end Andy’s pain. When Andy begins hearing strange music through his iPod and making near-prophetic announcements, Rip is convinced that what Andy is hearing is the voice of God.

Elsewhere, police officer Heather Gerisch responds to a late-night breaking and entering in one of the poorest homes in town. She soon realizes that the masked prowler has left thousands of dollars in gift cards from a local grocery store.

As the bizarre break-ins continue and Heather pursues the elusive “Summer Santa,” Andy and Rip discover an enormous and well-kept garden of wildflowers that seems to have grown overnight at an abandoned steel mill.

The identity of the gardener surprises them all — and a spree of miracles transfigures this small town from a place of hopelessness into a place of healing and beauty.

About The Author

Once a senior vice president in a large investment firm, William Sirls was incarcerated in 2007 for wire fraud and money laundering. Life lessons involving faith, grace, and forgiveness are evident in his writing. The Sinners’ Garden is his second novel. His first novel, The Reason, was published in 2012. William makes his home in southern Michigan and you can reach him at williamsirls.com.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on September 17, 2020

Sirls combines a bit of fantasy with allegory to tell an amazing story of the power of forgiveness. The characters are relatable and their situations will cause readers to examine their own faith. The imagery is so vivid that it is easy to picture the entire story as it unfolds. Fans of James L. Rub......more

Goodreads review by Joan on February 12, 2014

This is an OK read but it did not grab me. Sirls writes in the style of magical realism but for the Christian market. God talks prophetically to a teenager through an iPod. Flowers mysteriously appear and are related to people being changed. The spiritual emphasis is on God, in general. People are a......more

Goodreads review by Cyrus on December 17, 2013

We live in a world that is so quick to count us out or put us down, depending on how it sees us. How grateful we should be that our Heavenly Father sees who we are, knows what we have done and loves us unconditionally. In Williams Sirls' newest literary offering THE SINNERS' GARDEN, we are reminded n......more

Goodreads review by Janice on January 25, 2020

I found this book to be readable, engrossing, understandable. It represents God in such a loving, positive light. I also appreciated that life's realities were shown: sometimes things are different than what we expect, what we want may not be what God has planned, love and kindness matter.......more

Goodreads review by Jessica on August 05, 2017

I recieved an advanced copy of this book for review purposes and I recieved no monetary compensation for this review. Have you ever read a book so fast because you wanted to find out what happens in the end that you know you are missing a lot of details of the book? I felt like that when reading T......more


Quotes

"A story of hope, humor, forgiveness, and deep restoration..."
–James L. Rubart, Christy Award-winning author of Soul's Gate