Synopses & Reviews
This is the love story of Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow, a love story that takes place not in seclusion but in the real world, with the challenges that all lovers must face. No relationship is an island: There are threads that bind us all and pull at our lives -- the demands of family, of friends, of work, and social obligation. And there are times that the pull of those threads becomes greater than the strength of the relationship. In these times, no matter how much two people love each other, a relationship must grow strong or be torn apart.
The Carousel is about what happens when life doesn't turn out the way that we planned. Beyond a love story, it is about faith, loyalty, and sacrifice.
My hope is that you, and those with whom you share this book, might find the message of this story meaningful and applicable to your own life.
And that in some way you might feel changed.
Sincerely,
Richard Paul Evans
Synopsis
From the New York Times bestselling author of
A Christmas Memory and
The Walk comes
the love story of Michael Keddington and Faye Murrow, a love story that takes place not in seclusion but in the real world, with the challenges that all lovers must face. No relationship is an island: There are threads that bind us all and pull at our lives--the demands of family, friends, work, and social obligation. And there are times that the pull of those threads becomes greater than the strength of the relationship. In these times, no matter how much two people love each other, a relationship must grow strong or be torn apart.
The Carousel is about what happens when life doesn't turn out the way that we planned. Beyond a love story, it is about faith, loyalty, and sacrifice.
About the Author
Richard Paul Evans is the #1 bestselling author of The Christmas Box. Each of his more than twenty-five novels has been a New York Times bestseller. There are more than twenty million copies of his books in print worldwide, translated into more than twenty-four languages. He is the recipient of numerous awards, including the American Mothers Book Award, the Romantic Times Best Women’s Novel of the Year Award, the German Audience Gold Award for Romance, two Religion Communicators Council Wilbur Awards, the Washington Times Humanitarian of the Century Award and the Volunteers of America National Empathy Award. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children. You can learn more about Richard on Facebook at Facebook.com/RPEFans, or visit his website, RichardPaulEvans.com.
Table of Contents
Contents
Prologue
one Della
two The Chapel of Eternal Bliss
three Home
four Another Death
five Blythe
six Johns Hopkins
seven Canelli's
eight Jayne
nine Weber State
ten Unexpected News
eleven Autumn
twelve Thanksgiving
thirteen The Gift
fourteen The Fugitive
fifteen Christmas Break
sixteen The Calm
seventeen The Storm
eighteen The Funeral
nineteen Back to School
twenty E.R.
twenty-one The Drive
twenty-two The Reunion
twenty-three An Empty Bed
twenty-four The Pancake House
twenty-five Flight
twenty-six Another Door
twenty-seven The Second Reunion
twenty-eight Ginny
twenty-nine An Unexpected Visit
thirty The Twilight Carousel
Epilogue