Seeing Things

A Novel

by Patti Hill


Trade Paper
September 2009
$14.99

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Birdie Wainwright, 72, isn’t concerned about seeing things that others can’t. For a woman who still climbs mountains with her dog (Miss Bee Haven) and likes to tango, the impractical visions brought on by macular degeneration are just another gift from God, adding more adventure to life. But when a tumble down the stairs breaks her ankle and leads back to her son’s home in Denver where she must convalesce, Birdie’s imagination really takes flight. Following a conversation with her grandson about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, she begins to see and speak with the unkempt literary character himself on a regular basis. As the line between reality and whimsy turns brittle, faith is tested among friends and loved ones, and hope is reborn.

Seeing Things is a story about family, reconciliation, and hearing from God in unexpected ways.

Patti Hill, after years of raising children and then joyfully teaching elementary school, finally took her long-ago college English professor’s advice (“You should be a writer”) and fulfilled the dream of having her first novel published to wide acclaim in 2005. She writes almost every day now and lives with her husband in Grand Junction, Colorado.

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Product Details

ISBN: 9780805447514 Trim Size: 8.00 x 5.00 x 0.75 in
Page Count: 336
Binding: Trade Paper
Status: Not Yet Published Publication Date: September 2009

Reviews:

Seeing Things by Patti Hill is a tasty treat for a summer’s afternoon.

Seeing Things by Patti Hill is a tasty treat for a summer’s afternoon. Birdie Wainwrights prides herself on her independence and zest for life, even at the age of 72 and suffering from macular degeneration. When she starts seeing hallucinations of flowers in the middle of her living room, she starts to doubt her sanity, [...]

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Endorsements:

Seeing Things skillfully weaves together the hard reality of afflictions.

Seeing Things skillfully weaves together the hard reality of afflictions with the whimsical side of life. While captivated by entertaining episodes, profound insights seep into your soul-setbacks don’t have to defeat us, troubles don’t need to bring gloom, and physical afflictions can usher adventures rather than limitations. Janet Perez Eckles, international Christian speaker and author. [...]

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Tamara Leigh endorses Patti Hill’s Seeing Things

“At times ticklish and charming (oh, that Huck Finn!), at other times deeply moving, Patti Hill’s Seeing Things kept the pages turning despite the hour. This grandmother’s quest to put her family on the mat and lower them through the ceiling of pain and past mistakes, right to Jesus’s feet, is a tale I could [...]

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Seeing Things “a literary treat”

Seeing Things is a delight for the senses. Patti Hill is gifted with the ability to provide a colorful illusion with words, in which I could see better through the eyes of an older woman with macular degeneration than I can see through my own eyes. The story is honest about family struggles, filled with [...]

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