Katherine Paterson’s Newbery Award-winning novel Jacob Have I Loved has been inspiring deep personal reflection for four decades. In this latest Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club recap episode, Sarah, Erin, Bri, and Rachel draw upon insights from their fellow online book club members as they talk their way through some of the big questions and ideas raised by this “deceptively simple” book.

What do we leave behind as we grow up? How does physical isolation intensify relationships? Do we really have to carry around the bitterness we feel? Who are the people who speak truth to us that we can actually hear? And how do the years change the way we encounter a beloved book?

At the end of the episode, they announce the next Lutheran Ladies’ Book Club’s pick: Edie Wadsworth’s All the Pretty Things: The Story of a Southern Girl Who Went through Fire to Find Her Way Home.

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