Tormenting Beauty of Empathy, The

When a mute peasant woman flees Civil War-torn Guatemala for the United States, she and her daughter soon—and forever—change the world as we know it. FINALIST: Readers’ Favorite Book Awards 2021 – Fiction – Religious Theme “...a beautiful, touching, and redeeming tale that I can highly recommend to everyone. When as a reader you feel better inside for having read a book, you know the author has achieved his or her goal. This is such a book.” ***Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Grant Leishman (5 STARS)*** Hana fell mute after a horrendous childhood tragedy in her native Guatemala. As an adult, she flees the brutal Civil War ravaging her country in search of a better life in the United States, hoping to settle into a simple, peaceful life of embroidery and raising Josefa, her daughter. Yet Josefa turns out to be... different... and special—the kind of special that draws worldwide attention, for the better ***and*** worse. No one could have anticipated what would happen next. “...the story moves with basic grace... told with heartfelt belief, but also with an unswerving directness that feels preordained.” ***Readers’ Favorite Book Reviews, Joel R. Dennstedt (5 STARS)*** **EVOLVED PUBLISHING PRESENTS** a contemporary literary/religious exploration of two women—a mother and daughter—driven by extraordinary circumstances in a memorable story you'll not soon forget.