Ashley's Garden: One Family's Journey from Grief to Spiritual Restoration in the Aftermath of Oklahoma City Bombing

by Candy Chand and Kathleen Treanor

In the tragic Oklahoma City bombing of April 1995, Treanor lost her daughter and her in-laws. From the FBI's search for the terrorists to Treanor's involvement in the building of a memorial, "Ashley's... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0740722239
• ISBN13: 9780740722233
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Length: 242 Pages
• Weight: 1.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Touching

This is a touching book about the loss of a child and the process it took to recover spiritually and emotionally. Highly recommended.

ashley's garden aftermath of Oklahoma City Bombong

I confess I bought this book with a lot of worry that I would waste both my time and money and was really surprised that I got interested so quickly. I highly recomend this book. It is a wellwritten account of what happened {I live in Oklahoma} It is really a moving book. I actually cried and it takes alot for a book to make me cry. It also made me stop and think about my relationship with god.I'ved read alot of the bombing books and this is one of the best.

Wonderful and Inspirational!

This book is very wonderful and inspirational. It tells in full detail about one family's loss on that fateful day in Oklahoma City. It's great for people dealing with a loss or even for people who aren't going through a loss.

I couldn't put it down

I started this book thinking it would take me a while to read it, but I read it over two days because I just could not stop reading. Kathleen Treanor's story is very personal; it's not just what you know from the news. And much of the book focuses on her healing process. She offers hope to anyone who has suffered a tragedy, not just those affected in Oklahoma or New York.I never realized how much the letters from school children meant to victims of a tragedy.Kathleen talks about how one day everyone else seems to go back to a normal life, and you can't understand how they possibly could after what has happened. Yet she eventually heals, and her journey is truly inspirational. This is a wonderful book.

This book is a "must read!"

On April 19, 1995, the lives of the Treanor family were forever changed by the tragic loss of their daughter and parents. The author describes through heart-breaking detail their struggle to survive and eventually triumph over this horrible chapter in their lives. As an Oklahoman, I started the book believing it would speak to all of us who experienced this terrorist act in our own neighborhood. By the time I finished, I realized this book speaks not just to Oklahoma, but to the world.