02140cam a2200361 i 4500 417896076 TxAuBib 20200101120000.0 190712s2019||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2019285291 9781496709257 149670925X (OCoLC)1043189777 YDX eng YDX rda BDX OCLCQ GL5 LNC JTH OCLCF CLE OCLCO NZAUC VP@ OCLCO TCH TJ7 BYV DLC TxAuBib rda Bostwick, Marie. Hope on the inside / Marie Bostwick. New York : Kensington Books, [2019] 357 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes discussion questions. Hope Carpenter finds new purpose in a new phase of life when her husband's forced retirement strains both their savings and their marriage. Seeking inspiration and a financial boost, Hope gets a job teaching crafts to inmates at a local women's prison with surprising results. At first, Hope feels foolish and irrelevant, struggling to relate to women whose choices seem so different from her own. But with time, and the encouragement of the prison chaplain, she begins to discover common ground with the inmates, in their worries about their children and families, their fear of having failed those who need them. Just like her, they want to make something of themselves, but believe it might be impossible. Embarking on an ambitious quilting project, Hope and her students begin to bond. Together, piece by piece, they learn to defy expectations--their own and others'--and to see that it's never too late to stitch together a life that, even in its imperfections, is both surprising and beautiful. 20200101. Quilting Fiction. Quilting. Women prisoners Recreation Fiction. FICTION / Women. FICTION / Family Life / Marriage & Divorce. FICTION / Friendship. Fiction. Christian fiction.