A Simple Stitch A Time to Mend Reviews
I love books that nudge me to keep reading, because I am not sure what will happen next, and characters are carefully developed. No foul language. A touch of role of God in their lives. A love story. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. – Reviewed by Happy via Amazon
A wonderful follow up about family and love. I would highly recommend these two books for easy, good feel reading. – Reviewed by Anon192281 via Amazon
This book is a wonderful read. I highly recommend this book. – Reviewed by Sarah via Amazon
In a Time to Mend, the story continues, and many changes take place. Dreams are realized and the "family" extends. Again, this book held me captive and I long for more!! This is not a book that I read and put away on a shelf. Oddly, I find many times, thinking about Eliza and her family and as if they are not characters, but real people. I am anxiously awaiting to see another book that will be the start of a new era for Slip Knot! Take some time out of your schedule, grab a cup of hot tea, and snuggle up and take a visit to Slip Knot and Spring Forrest. You won't be disappointed!! – Reviewed by Kathy Mitrano via Amazon
The second novel in this series of books by Deb O tops the 1st one...loved the storyline & all the characters as we continue to see their story unwind in this novel. Great reading! – Reviewed by Amazon Customer via Amazon
She was at my local library for a signing, so I went and purchased a copy. As soon as I stated reading it, I was hooked and couldn't put it down. Great story! I could picture myself there and loving it! – Reviewed by Lana via Amazon
“A Time to Mend” is a great read, it drew me in and was hard to put down. The emotions are real and relatable. Definitely recommend! – Reviewed by Karen Cooper via Amazon
A wonderful book about family times and the caring of family. Totally enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next one! – Reviewed by Betty Sachtleben via Amazon
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…”it was a period, not of “Star Wars” and rebellion, not of spaceships and hustle and bustle, not of the rat-race and life in the fast lane. It was a “simpler time.” It was a time to pour yourself a cup of coffee, get a quilt and go sit out on the porch swing with a good book. And that book should be Deb Obermeier’s “A Simple Stitch: A time to mend.” As the title suggests, this is not a book to teach you how to “get rich or die trying.” It’s not a book for people who want to “live fast and die young.” This is a book for people who prefer a simpler life, not full of endless distractions and meaningless fleeting pleasures. This is a book for people who cherish faith, friends, and family just like its main character, a woman named Eliza. Eliza is a woman we should all aspire to be like. She is selfless and caring. She is warm-hearted and loyal. She is a woman who always puts others ahead of herself and is a woman who always puts others ahead of herself and is a faithful servant of people. In this particular book, she spends the majority of her time taking care of her rother, Oliver, who at the opening of the book, has
A Simple Stitch A Time to Mend Reviews
I love books that nudge me to keep reading, because I am not sure what will happen next, and characters are carefully developed. No foul language. A touch of role of God in their lives. A love story. I thoroughly enjoyed the book. – Reviewed by Happy via Amazon
A wonderful follow up about family and love. I would highly recommend these two books for easy, good feel reading. – Reviewed by Anon192281 via Amazon
This book is a wonderful read. I highly recommend this book. – Reviewed by Sarah via Amazon
In a Time to Mend, the story continues, and many changes take place. Dreams are realized and the "family" extends. Again, this book held me captive and I long for more!! This is not a book that I read and put away on a shelf. Oddly, I find many times, thinking about Eliza and her family and as if they are not characters, but real people. I am anxiously awaiting to see another book that will be the start of a new era for Slip Knot! Take some time out of your schedule, grab a cup of hot tea, and snuggle up and take a visit to Slip Knot and Spring Forrest. You won't be disappointed!! – Reviewed by Kathy Mitrano via Amazon
The second novel in this series of books by Deb O tops the 1st one...loved the storyline & all the characters as we continue to see their story unwind in this novel. Great reading! – Reviewed by Amazon Customer via Amazon
She was at my local library for a signing, so I went and purchased a copy. As soon as I stated reading it, I was hooked and couldn't put it down. Great story! I could picture myself there and loving it! – Reviewed by Lana via Amazon
“A Time to Mend” is a great read, it drew me in and was hard to put down. The emotions are real and relatable. Definitely recommend! – Reviewed by Karen Cooper via Amazon
A wonderful book about family times and the caring of family. Totally enjoyed this book and am looking forward to the next one! – Reviewed by Betty Sachtleben via Amazon
A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away…”it was a period, not of “Star Wars” and rebellion, not of spaceships and hustle and bustle, not of the rat-race and life in the fast lane. It was a “simpler time.” It was a time to pour yourself a cup of coffee, get a quilt and go sit out on the porch swing with a good book. And that book should be Deb Obermeier’s “A Simple Stitch: A time to mend.” As the title suggests, this is not a book to teach you how to “get rich or die trying.” It’s not a book for people who want to “live fast and die young.” This is a book for people who prefer a simpler life, not full of endless distractions and meaningless fleeting pleasures. This is a book for people who cherish faith, friends, and family just like its main character, a woman named Eliza. Eliza is a woman we should all aspire to be like. She is selfless and caring. She is warm-hearted and loyal. She is a woman who always puts others ahead of herself and is a woman who always puts others ahead of herself and is a faithful servant of people. In this particular book, she spends the majority of her time taking care of her rother, Oliver, who at the opening of the book, has “fallen (off a ladder) and he can’t get up. “Oliver is old and ‘set in his ways’ to put it mildly, and all he thinks he needs is a little bit of help to get up and into his house. Eliza, who we find can be just as intractable as her brother but in a “kinder, gentler” way, isn’t having any of that. Instead, with the help of a nephew CJ, gets Oliver to the hospital. And from there on, it’s “a time to mend.” The mending will take place at
Oliver’s “Slipknot” homestead which comes to be the place of mending for caregiver and patient alike. Eliza, it turns out, according to “Uncle Ben” needed “some sun on her shoulders and dirt under her nails.” That phrase seems to be a metaphor of sorts that will have a somewhat different meaning to each individual reader of this brilliantly crafted novel which may be more fact than fiction. How many Oliver’s do we have in this fast-paced culture that need to take “time to mend?” It turns out “breaking a leg” was just what “the doctor ordered” for Oliver. And aren’t we thankful for the Eliza’s that seems to find their fulfillment in helping others and making life better for everyone around them? However, even Eliza learns something is missing in her life, an empty feeling she can’t seem to shake. Then we meet John and Annie, Sam and Amanda, Aunt Mildred and even a scarecrow named “Ruth.” There are plenty of other characters and subplots in this book, but it would be a worthy read if just for the dynamic of Eliza and Oliver and the deeper meaning behind each character and what they represent in our society. Each of these characters, just like each of these characters just like each of us readers, no doubt, need to mend in our own way from time to time. By the same token we must each find our own way from time to time. By the same token, we must each find our own version of “Slipknot,” that retreat from the chaotic ebb and flow of our increasingly busy but perhaps less meaningful lives. The metaphor of Slipknot alone should be a catharsis for most people too busy chasing the “American Dream” to take time with Eliza to plant a garden and find joy in that “Sun on their shoulders and dirt under their nails.” So, reader go get this book, a cup of coffee, a quilt and enjoy your stay at “Slipknot” for it truly is a “Time to mend.”
“fallen (off a ladder) and he can’t get up. “Oliver is old and ‘set in his ways’ to put it mildly, and all he thinks he needs is a little bit of help to get up and into his house. Eliza, who we find can be just as intractable as her brother but in a “kinder, gentler” way, isn’t having any of that. Instead, with the help of a nephew CJ, gets Oliver to the hospital. And from there on, it’s “a time to mend.” The mending will take place at
Oliver’s “Slipknot” homestead which comes to be the place of mending for caregiver and patient alike. Eliza, it turns out, according to “Uncle Ben” needed “some sun on her shoulders and dirt under her nails.” That phrase seems to be a metaphor of sorts that will have a somewhat different meaning to each individual reader of this brilliantly crafted novel which may be more fact than fiction. How many Oliver’s do we have in this fast-paced culture that need to take “time to mend?” It turns out “breaking a leg” was just what “the doctor ordered” for Oliver. And aren’t we thankful for the Eliza’s that seems to find their fulfillment in helping others and making life better for everyone around them? However, even Eliza learns something is missing in her life, an empty feeling she can’t seem to shake. Then we meet John and Annie, Sam and Amanda, Aunt Mildred and even a scarecrow named “Ruth.” There are plenty of other characters and subplots in this book, but it would be a worthy read if just for the dynamic of Eliza and Oliver and the deeper meaning behind each character and what they represent in our society. Each of these characters, just like each of these characters just like each of us readers, no doubt, need to mend in our own way from time to time. By the same token we must each find our own way from time to time. By the same token, we must each find our own version of “Slipknot,” that retreat from the chaotic ebb and flow of our increasingly busy but perhaps less meaningful lives. The metaphor of Slipknot alone should be a catharsis for most people too busy chasing the “American Dream” to take time with Eliza to plant a garden and find joy in that “Sun on their shoulders and dirt under their nails.” So, reader go get this book, a cup of coffee, a quilt and enjoy your stay at “Slipknot” for it truly is a “Time to mend.”
