b'The Tangled Tale of the Woolgathering CastoffsSharon J. MondragnPURLS & PRAYERS #2 A humorous, heartwarming tale of love, loss, and the power of communityF air Meadows Retirement Community might as well be a country club for most of the retirees enjoying the pool, golf course, and book clubs. But for the caregivers whose family membersresideupstairsinthespecialMemoryCareUnit, vacation is over. Comforting these caregivers is exactly why the Woolgatherers group has formed. They make prayer shawls to support those affected by the heartbreaking reality of not being recognized by a loved onepeople like Sam Talbot, who has been barely exist-ing since his wife moved into Memory Care. He finds that his life has lost all color and meaning without her. ThatssomethingtheWoolgathererscantbeartosee. Flirtatious Jenny Alderman, cranky crocheter Edna OBrian, kind Rose Harker, and the rest of the prayer shawl group weave him into the circle. Sam has no idea how he got tangled up with them, and hes no good at knitting. But when one member talks him into taking up his wifes old crochet hooks, he discovers that this one small gesture might just have the power to heal his lifeor even save it. Full of Sharon Mondragns characteristic humor and heart, this book wrestles with the loneliness of being the forgotten spouseofadementiapatient,movingpastthefearthatthe spouses often face into the love and compassion that can make all the difference. Sharon J. Mondragn is the facilitator for a prayer shawl min-istry and the knitting instructor at Ewe2Yarn near her home in Midlothian, Texas. She has been a school play therapist, a home-schooling military wife, and a writer whose work has earned recognition with both the Saturday Evening Post Great American Fiction Contest and ACFW. Find her at sharonjmondragon.com.RELATED TITLESUNIQUE SELLING POINTS Follows authors best-selling debut with978-0-8254-4820-1$16.99another winning yarn Paperback5.5 x 8.5280 pages Focuses on the struggles of the caregiv- FICTION / Christian / Contemporaryers of dementia patients Kregel PublicationsRights: WorldJanuary 23, 2024 Includes a crochet pattern for enthusiastsThe Unlikely Yarn of theThe Forgotten Life of Eva Dragon LadyGordon978-0-8254-4702-0$16.99 978-0-8254-4732-7$16.9916 www.kregel.com'