Book
Review: The Order of Things by
Lynne Hinton
Andreas Jay
Hackett, is a university Librarian who enjoys keeping things in order. This summer however, she is missing her
passion for the students their queries, her life itself. Summer times in the past have been times when
the butterflies would migrate down from the mountain signifying life and
renewal. This year the butterflies have
not migrated and the landscape of her home is brown, taut and seemingly as lifeless
as she is. When her supervisor suggests
she visit the infirmary because her work is slipping and her colleagues are
tired of covering for her. Andreas
checks herself into a Holly Pines metal hospital with the goal of getting help. Help and clarity comes through a series of
conversations through a vent in the wall with a prison inmate who is housed
next to her. Gradually, as her pain
lifts, she and Lathin, also a prisoner of old pain, are able to shock each
other into life once again through poignant exchanges that open doors to renewal
and hope.
A slow
starter, this book is so touching and real that it brought tears to my eyes in sections. The power of the past and the importance of
examining it, sharing insights and moving forward is a universal need of
mankind.
Reviewed by
Karen
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