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Start with Tending Roses and continue through all 5 books in the listed reading order.
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Book 1 by Lisa Wingate • Published 2001
New mother Kate Bowman moves with her husband and baby to Grandma Rose’s Missouri farm, officially to convince the aging matriarch to enter a nursing home. Discovering Rose’s journal of hard-won lessons, Kate begins t...
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Ends with A Thousand Voices
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Book 1:Tending Roses
Lisa Wingate • 2001
New mother Kate Bowman moves with her husband and baby to Grandma Rose’s Missouri farm, officially to convince the aging matriarch to enter a nursing home. Discovering Rose’s journal of hard-won lessons, Kate begins t...
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Book 2:Good Hope Road
Lisa Wingate • 2003 • 1 recommendation
When tornadoes flatten the town of Poetry, Missouri, quiet Jenilee Lane defies her domineering father, rescues her prickly neighbor Eudora Gibson, and starts gathering scattered photos and keepsakes for survivors. In...
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Book 3:The Language of Sycamores
Lisa Wingate • 2005
Downsized from her high-pressure job and warned her cancer may have returned, Karen Sommerfield retreats to Grandma Rose’s old farm in the Missouri Ozarks. There she meets a lonely child, uncovers family history, and...
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Book 4:Drenched in Light
Lisa Wingate • 2006
Once a promising ballet dancer, Julia Costell now lives with her parents and works as a guidance counselor at a performing-arts school. When gifted but troubled Dell Jordan lands in her office, trying to help the girl...
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Book 5:A Thousand Voices
Lisa Wingate • 2007
At twenty, musician Dell Jordan appears to have escaped a childhood of neglect, yet questions about her birth parents won’t let go. Following the only clue she has—a name on her birth certificate—she travels into Okla...
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Tending Roses FAQ
What is the best order to read the Tending Roses series?
The recommended reading order is the numbered order shown on this page, starting with Tending Roses.
How many books are in the Tending Roses series?
There are 5 books currently listed in the Tending Roses series on GurusReads.
Where should I start with the Tending Roses series?
New readers should start with Tending Roses, the first book in the reading order.
Is the Tending Roses series complete?
Based on the publication years we have, the series appears likely complete and spans releases from 2001 to 2007.