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  • When the Morning Glory Blooms

  • By: Cynthia Ruchti
  • Narrated by: Melinda Sward
  • Length: 9 hrs and 27 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (813 ratings)

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When the Morning Glory Blooms

By: Cynthia Ruchti
Narrated by: Melinda Sward
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Publisher's summary

Becky rocks a baby that rocked her world. Sixty years earlier, with her fiancé, Drew, in the middle of the Korean Conflict, Ivy throws herself into her work at a nursing home to keep her sanity and provide for the child Drew doesn't know is coming. Ivy cares for Anna, an elderly patient who taxes Ivy's listening ear until the day she suspects Anna's tall tales are not the ramblings of dementia. They're fragments of Anna's disjointed memories of a remarkable life. Finding a faint thread of hope she can't resist tugging, Ivy records Anna's memoir, scribbling furiously after hours to keep up with the woman's emotion-packed, grace-hemmed stories. Is Ivy's answer buried in Anna's past? Becky, Ivy, Anna - three women fight a tangled vine of deception in search of the blossoming simplicity of truth.

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Great Story!

Author did a great job of tying together the lives of her characters over decades of pain, disappointments, and triumphs. Loved this book!

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Beautiful story

Enjoyed this book to the very end! Spoke to my heart's wishes to help those women in need without judgement 💚💛🧡💙 ❤️

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Another heartfelt inspiring story

Cynthia Ruchti has become my favorite author these past few months. This is my third audible book by her. Each was performed by talented well chosen readers. I was sad to reach the end. I wanted to know more about the women and their journeys. You will reminisce with them through their familiar female roles.

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Time line

Took me a little bit to follow the time line switches but once I did could not wait to see how they all would connect . Listened to it twice in a row and loved the second time more !!!

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When the Morning Glory Blooms

This is a great book! With a fantastic story line. I would recommend this book to my family and friends.

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love this author

Cynthia's stories are witty, fun, educational, and always tear jerkers. good job once again.
great narrator. really makes the story a joy.
first half of book was a bit hard to follow who was who, but it all came together. could be me just not paying close enough attention.

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Lovely

The narrator was wonderful. You could feel the emotions of all the characters. The story telling is inspirational and deeply touching.

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Wonderful book

Cynthia Ruchti has written a unique book that tells the stories of three main women characters but in doing so she tells the stories of so many others as well. Her writing brings you into their lives so that you see and feel the events along with the characters. She inspires and motivates the reader with her gracious prose. Highly recommend this book.

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Oh my heart ❤

This story! I loved the references to God, His forgiveness and the truth that we are all flawed but we can each make a difference.

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Tough but worth it read

I was born in 1979 to a single mother with very religious grandparents, so toys book hit a little different for me. It was a tough pill to swallow at times. However, I can testify to the amazing grace of God that is woven throughout this story.

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