All That We Carried
- Fiction
- Women
- Publisher: Revell (Baker Publishing Group)
- Published: 2021
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Publisher's Description
"Bartels proves herself a master wordsmith and storyteller."--Library Journal, starred review"This subdued tale of learning to forgive is Bartels's best yet."--Publishers Weekly"A deeply personal, thoughtful exploration of dealing with pain and grief."--Life Is Story"Taut and engaging."--Foreword"A deftly crafted, entertaining, thought-provoking novel."--Midwest Book Reviews***Ten years ago, sisters Olivia and Melanie Greene were on a backcountry hiking trip when their parents were in a fatal car accident. Over the years, they grew apart, each coping with the loss in her own way. Olivia plunged herself into law school, work, and a materialist view of the world--what you see is what you get, and that's all you get. Melanie dropped out of college and developed an online life-coaching business around her cafeteria-style spirituality--a little of this, a little of that, whatever makes you happy. Now, at Melanie's insistence (and against Olivia's better judgment), they are embarking on a hike in the Porcupine Mountains of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. In this remote wilderness they'll face their deepest fears, question their most dearly held beliefs, and begin to see that perhaps the best way to move forward is the one way they had never considered. Michigan Notable Book Award winner Erin Bartels draws from personal experience hiking backcountry trails with her sister to bring you a story about the complexities of grief, faith, and sisterhood.
Endorsements (3)
“Valerie Fraser Luesse, Christy Award–winning novelist “All That We Carried is so much more than just a beautiful novel—it’s a literary adventure of both body and spirit, a meaningful parable, a journey of faith. Erin Bartels creates amazingly realistic characters in two sisters wrestling with their past and with one another. Not only did this story make me want to pull on my hiking boots for my own adventure, it propelled me to search out a deeper faith. Simply stunning. A novel not to be missed!”
“Barbara Claypole White, bestselling author of The Perfect Son and The Promise between Us “If you are the kind of person who finds meaning and life in the written word, then you’ll find yourself hidden among these pages.”
“Vividly drawn and told in expertly woven dual timelines, The Words between Us is a story about a woman who has spent years trying to escape her family’s scandals and the resilience she develops along the way. Erin Bartels’s characters are a treat: complex, dynamic, and so lifelike I half expected them to climb straight out of the pages.”
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