Book Description
When I started to write The Looking Glass, I
intended to create a story about the healing power of hope
and love. But as this story developed, a message began to
emerge that I had not foreseen, a message about the distorted
mirror in which we view ourselves, binding ourselves with
shackles of self-doubt and fear.
The Looking Glass is aptly named, for it is about
seeing the reality of ourselves: to see a true reflection of
who we are.
It is the story of Hunter Bell, a Presbyterian minister
turned gambler, and the founder of a gold camp named Bethel.
(Which you may remember was Esther's hometown in The
Locket.) He is running from the bitter memories of his
past, his ministry, and ultimately, from his God.
Venturing into a blizzard to chase away wolves drawn close
to his cabin by hunger, Hunter finds a beautiful young woman
in the snow, wounded by the wolves and half dead with the
cold. Her name is Quaye McGandley, and she is an Irish woman
sold into marital slavery to a brutal husband who then
brought her to America against her will. As Hunter nurses her
back to health, he finds that his tender ministrations to
Quaye have opened his heart to his greatest fear -- that he
might love again.
It is my hope that you, and those with whom you share my
book, might through its message better see the divinity
within yourself and the reality of who you are: worthy of
love, gentleness, and grace.
With hope,
Richard Paul Evans
