Wishing on Dandelions

Maranatha Winningham admittedly has some trust issues, As she tries to sort out the confusing layers of love--of friends, of family, of suitors, and desperately, of God--Natha struggles to find herself before she turns into a scared shadow of a girl.

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Posted: Aug-25-2009

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Time has gone by, but it hasn't exactly healed all wounds in Maranatha's life. In DeMuth's first novel, Watching the Tree Limbs, our young heroine suffered an abuse that is still haunting her many years later. Now seventeen, Maranatha can never quite shake the feeling that all those years ago...

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Posted: Apr-27-2008

A Great Follow Up

Wishing on Dandelions is a great follow up to Watching the Tree Limbs in the Maranatha Series. I'm glad DeMuth let readers see what happens to Maranatha. While this novel contains a love story, it's so natural and sweet that the book doesn't come across like a romance, but more of a journey where...

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Posted: Jun-06-2007

Will keep the reader turning pages to see how Natha deals with the various obstacles that life throws in her direction

Can you trust God once more after your life has been broken? It doesn't happen overnight, as 17-year-old Maranatha Winningham learns in this well-crafted story. WISHING ON DANDELIONS is a follow-up to WATCHING THE TREE LIMBS, in which Maranatha is abused by a young neighbor. In the opening pages...

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Posted: May-18-2007

A must-read sequel

If you are looking for a book that stirs your emotions and keeps you up until the wee hours of the morning, then I highly recommend Wishing on Dandelions by Mary DeMuth. WOD is the sequel to DeMuth's debut novel, Watching the Tree Limbs. Although it took me a little longer to be drawn into this...

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Posted: Mar-27-2007

great

In a style and setting similar to Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird", "Wishing on Dandelions" is the story of a girl sprouting into womanhood in a lazy town where everyone knows everyone else's business.Maranatha Winningham, a seventeen-year-old orphan, is one of the most charming and endearing...

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Posted: Jan-23-2007

Learning to Live

Wishing On Dandelions by Mary E. DeMuth couldn't come soon enough for me. I had devoured the first in the Maranatha series (Watching Tree Limbs) and was left wanting more. Part of the appeal for me was the raw Texas setting, since I lived several years in East Texas.In Wishing On Dandelions, the...

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Posted: Jan-02-2007

Wishes Don't Blow Away After All

Sometimes you read a book that takes you to a place and a time and leaves you there. The things you read become your experiences, your realities. And when you close the book you realize your life is enriched by what you read.Wishing On Dandelions by Mary E. DeMuth is such a book. From the first...

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Posted: Dec-27-2006

Excellent sequel

Wishing on Dandelions is the sequel to Watching the Tree LImbs. It continues the story of Maranatha, the young girl we met in the first book. A victim of childhood sexual abuse, Mara is a tenager now and living with her Uncle Zane. Georgeanne Peach, who was hired to take care of Uncle Zane after...

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Posted: Dec-23-2006

Wonderful sequel!

This book continues the story begun in Watching the Tree Limbs as Maranatha, now seventeen, still struggles to deal with her past and discover her place in the world. As in the first book, nuggets of insight shine as jewels, like the exchange between Maranatha and Zady about obedience and trust...

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Posted: Dec-20-2006

Another winner from Mary DeMuth!

After reading Watching the Tree Limbs by Mary DeMuth, I couldn't wait to get my hands on her next novel. Now that I've read it, I can only say that it was well worth the wait.DeMuth is unarguably one of the more gifted writers to grace any bookshelf in years. Picking up with Maranatha's story...

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