The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate - Hardcover Novel - Cream & Blue Cover

paperback copy of the novel The Prayer Box by Lisa Wingate.It is the first book in the Carolina Heirlooms series.The plot follows a young mother who discovers 81 prayer boxes in a deceased woman's home.The book was published in 2013 by Tyndale House. THE PRAYER BOX is a masterpiece of story and skill.-- Debbie Macomber, NYT #1 Bestselling Author A good option for fans of Nicholas Sparks and Mary Alice Monroe - Library Journal  When Iola Anne Poole, an old-timer on Hatteras Island, passes away in her bed at ninety-one, the struggling young mother in her rental cottage, Tandi Jo Reese, finds herself charged with the task of cleaning out Iola's rambling Victorian house.  Running from a messy, dangerous past, Tandi never expects to find more than a temporary hiding place within Iola's walls, but everything changes with the discovery of eighty-one carefully decorated prayer boxes, one for each year, spanning from Iola's youth to her last days. Hidden in the boxes is the story of a lifetime, written on random bits of paper--the hopes and wishes, fears and thoughts of an unassuming but complex woman passing through the seasons of an extraordinary, unsung life filled with journeys of faith, observations on love, and one final lesson that could change everything.