Of All Things We Need Hope
Of All Things We Need Hope is a story of hope, forgiveness and retributive justice all told through the narrative of a woman who willfully befriends her son’s murderer whilst he is serving a life sentence in prison. It is a story of hope, forgiveness, love and patience and of restorative versus retributive justice and it is a story of the long, slow burn of one mother’s love, that transcends all else.
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Of All Things We Need Hope
For 21 years, Heather works tirelessly to keep her son’s killer safe in prison. She works patiently and with love to rehabilitate him and to give him hope and a reason to live so that he can ultimately be released and come home to her.On this singular journey, she loses everything: Her husband, son, grandchildren, job, friends, family, home and her social and financial standing. How quickly everyone denounces her and accuses her of desecrating her own son’s memory, but she is not deterred, not even when she finds the one true love of her life that is so deep and terrifying to her that she has to turn it away before it destroys her mission to rehabilitate Smith, and to bring her son home.
Of All Things We Need Hope is a story of hope, forgiveness, love and patience and of restorative versus retributive justice and it is a story of the long, slow burn of one mother’s love, that transcends all else.
For 21 years, Heather works tirelessly to keep her son’s killer safe in prison. She works patiently and with love to rehabilitate him and to give him hope and a reason to live so that he can ultimately be released and come home to her.
On this singular journey, she loses everything: Her husband, son, grandchildren, job, friends, family, home and her social and financial standing. How quickly everyone denounces her and accuses her of desecrating her own son’s memory, but she is not deterred, not even when she finds the one true love of her life that is so deep and terrifying to her that she has to turn it away before it destroys her mission to rehabilitate Smith, and to bring her son home.
Of All Things We Need Hope is a story of hope, forgiveness, love and patience and of restorative versus retributive justice and it is a story of the long, slow burn of one mother’s love, that transcends all else.
“Raw, moving, and compassionate, this novel kept me pinned to the page. Sally Cranswick writes tenderly about a grief that refuses to conform and a mother who won’t be told when it is time to move on. Driven by the singular will of its protagonist, this story gallops to a breathtaking conclusion.” Fiona Snyckers, award-winning author
“Quietly devastating and morally complex.” Jannes Erasmus, Litnet
“This is an extraordinary and unforgettable novel about love and loss, reconciliation and revenge. The vivid blue skies of Cape Town, the squalor of a high security jail, and the unwavering purpose of one bereaved woman will stay with you long after the last page. I urge you to read it.” Maggie Brookes, author of The Prisoner’s Wife.
