Stone Yard Devotional: A Novel (Random House Large Print)

My first words upon finishing this book were “what an odd book.” They don’t mean I didn’t like it, but it was meditative, small and simple and so vast at once. A book about memory, misperceptions, love and loss, and the process of forgiveness or deciding not to forgive. I am just unsure what to make of it.

Slow start, but filled out into a reflective, thoughtful read

It is often brutal, and the language can at times seem sparse. Wood’s teased the reader with a little humour, mostly laughing at the absurdity of difficult situations. I came to admire Helen Parry. I still prefer her novel ‘The Natural Way of Things.”