Stained Glass Hearts by Patsy Clairmont

The author of this book is a new author to me. Often the book, especially at the start, seems to be written for people who are used to following her and who have gotten acquainted with her family and whims and professional work already. In fact, there were times in the reading that I felt as if I were a stranger receiving a letter intended for someone else.

In spite of these unconnected feelings, I continued to read finding a connectedness that became pronounced as the book went on. It became easy to skip over the personal, leaving that to the reader who enjoyed a familiarity with the author's personality and experiential minutia, and go to the parts that were thought-provoking, informative and carefully charted and researched.

It is very easy reading and the chapters relating to stained glass and brokenness kept me reading. Her charts at the end of each chapter were most helpful and I took advantage of this information to learn more about mosaics, Norman Rockwell, and stained glass. The book, on the whole, was well worth the reading.