Synopses & Reviews
When I started to write
The Looking Glass, I intended to create a story about the healing power of hope and love. But as this story developed, a message began to emerge that I had not foreseen, a message about the distorted mirror in which we view ourselves, binding ourselves with shackles of self-doubt and fear.
The Looking Glass is aptly named, for it is about seeing the reality of ourselves: to see a true reflection of who we are.
It is the story of Hunter Bell, a Presbyterian minister turned gambler, and the founder of a gold camp named Bethel. (Which you may remember was Esther's hometown in The Locket.) He is running from the bitter memories of his past, his ministry, and ultimately, from his God.
Venturing into a blizzard to chase away wolves drawn close to his cabin by hunger, Hunter finds a beautiful young woman in the snow, wounded by the wolves and half dead with the cold. Her name is Quaye McGandley, and she is an Irish woman sold into marital slavery to a brutal husband who then brought her to America against her will. As Hunter nurses her back to health, he finds that his tender ministrations to Quaye have opened his heart to his greatest fear -- that he might love again.
It is my hope that you, and those with whom you share my book, might through its message better see the divinity within yourself and the reality of who you are: worthy of love, gentleness, and grace.
With hope,
Richard Paul Evans
Synopsis
From the bestselling author of "The Christmas Box" comes the magical story of two people who come together to make each other whole.
About the Author
Richard Paul Evans is the bestselling author of the
Christmas Box trilogy and
The Locket, as well as the children's books
The Dance and
The Christmas Candle, which received the 1998 American Mothers' Book Award. There are currently more than ten million copies of his books in print. All proceeds from Evans's books for children go to the Christmas Box House International, an organization that he founded, dedicated to building shelters and providing services for abused children. He lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, with his wife, Keri, and their five children. He is currently working on his next novel.
Please send correspondence to Richard Paul Evans at:
P.O. Box 1416
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
or visit his Web site at:
http://www.richardpaulevans.com
Richard Paul Evans is a nationally acclaimed speaker. To request Mr. Evans for speaking engagements, please fax your request to (801) 532-6358 or contact the above address or Web site.
Table of Contents
ContentsPrologue
One: Quaye
Two: Hunter Bell
Three: Isabel
Four: Samson and Delilah
Five: Flight
Six: The Wax Woman
Seven: The House of God
Eight: Eureka
Nine: The Great Salt Lake City
Ten: Sonny Chang
Eleven: Quaye?s Arrival
Twelve: Jak Morse
Thirteen: The Woman in the Snow
Fourteen: The Stranger
Fifteen: The Preacher?s Soul
Sixteen: Syau Lou
Seventeen: The Abduction
Eighteen: The Inscription
Nineteen: The Burial
Twenty: The Funeral
Twenty-one: A Glass Darkly
Twenty-two: Hunter?s Absence
Twenty-three: The Looking Glass
Twenty-four: Broken Glass
Twenty-five: News
Twenty-six: Three of a Kind
Twenty-seven: Quaye?s Choice
Twenty-eight: The Lynching
Twenty-nine: Farewell
Thirty: The Redemption
Epilogue