The Painted Table [E–pub/E–book]
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Read & Download The Painted Table µ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Read & Download ó PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Suzanne Field Free read The Painted Table Saffee uimbly has always sensed her normal uimbly household was far from normal A television No need Having friends over A mistake not to be repeated Unreasonable expectations and criticism Painfully expected And all part of. In 1858 a tree is felled that will become a table In 1921 widowed immigrant Knute Kirkeborg is trying to eke out a living farming the harsh North Dakota prairie supporting seven daughters and two sons Daughter Joann hides under the huge kitchen table as she mourns her mother who died in a Hospital for the InsaneIn 1943 Joann is left at home with her toddler Sapphire Eve while husband Nels serves in the navy yet Joann has no idea how to be a mother because her own mother was always too busy with the baby Her parenting style is detached to the point of emotional neglect because she never learned otherwise As a result Saffee doesn t learn either The Painted Table isn t a conventional novel Rather it is selecting vignettes through Joann and Saffee s lives that show the family story As a result at times it feels as though nothing is happening It s a curious techniue literary than genre and sometimes it s difficult to tell whether the main character in the story is Joann Saffee or mental illness This lack of clarity around plot and character did mean the story dragged in places as I was wondering when something was going to happen I wanted to like The Painted Table The writing is different to what we normally see in Christian fiction and part of me wanted to like the literary style And I wanted to like it because it s different not the typical western or Amish romance that makes up so much of Christian fiction I wanted something that was a little challenging but that I would find ultimately rewarding It had potential but in the end I didn t enjoy it because there was too little plot too little character development and too much theme Thanks to Thomas Nelson and Booksneeze for providing a free ebook for review
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Read & Download The Painted Table µ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Read & Download ó PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Suzanne Field Free read The Painted Table Normal But her mother's unpredictable spells of arguing with imaginary tormentors a Norwegian heirloom table subjected to countless layers of paint during such fits and her father's refusal to seek help for his unstable wife. Let me first take a few moments to wipe my tears and take a few deep breaths This is a well written story The Painted Table represents both an obsession and healing place Watching Joann s life deteriorate where it affects her marriage and children is heartbreaking Saffee Sapphire Joann s oldest daughter goes through her own challenges but finds through Love God prayer and taking risks help her overcome the anger and frustrations she feels toward her mother Only until I reached chapter 54 Redeemed did my emotion start to flow What better way to help a loved one through grief but to give them a wonderful gift In this case Saffee shares a beautiful dream with her father Oh JOY You must read this book You will experience all types of emotions while reading this wonderful booksorry no spoilers here
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Read & Download The Painted Table µ PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook Read & Download ó PDF, DOC, TXT or eBook ✓ Suzanne Field Free read The Painted Table These too are normal Saffee meets the wide open world with these secrets stowed away and she plans to keep things that way Jack a blind date gone right helps Saffee gain victory over the past and connect to spiritual moorings. The table a family heirloom holds deep meaning for both Joann and her daughter Soffee For Joann the table was a place of refuge for a lonely little girl who was shown so little love The table also represented fearful and horrifying memories for Joann In her madness she paints the table trying to exorcise her demons Soffee s childhood in many ways is defined by her mother and this often isolated her from others Yet her mother possessed some ualities that Soffee could embrace Soffee s father Nels loves Soffee and her sister April but is too often consumed in concern and care of his wife and the gradual descent of her mental illness For Soffee she finds redemption in removing the many layers of paint in restoring the table to it s original beauty Soffee finds role models in special teachers her faith and in friendship and her beloved husband Jack She slowly emerges from her cocoon to blossom into a beautiful butterfly Interspersed with bible verses and the redemption found in faith but in a wonderfully subtle way