I first read this story when it came out in print form, and it left a strong impression on me. Here it is in audio version:
My review at the time was titled Forgiveness and Hope: A story encompassing several deep issues including self-worth, dealing with a dark past, forgiveness, and hope. Inspiring, tightly written, and with well-detailed settings. For someone who’s never been to the north, I felt and saw the vastness and beauty of it.
When I found out One Smooth Stone would be released in audio format this summer—June 30—I listened again to the painful but redemptive story of Alex Donnelly, a lost soul pursued by the God who made and loves him.
Alex has chosen to hide from his past—a blur of hurt and disaster—until a letter finds him in the Yukon. He’s hesitant to leave, even to claim an unexpected inheritance, but is drawn out by a team of persuasive and compassionate workers from a legal agency in Seattle, WA.
What he discovers about himself and his new acquaintances sends him running back to anonymity, but even in the wilds of a northern winter, God seeks his heart.
It seems there’s nowhere he can run from God’s grace. But the final decision is his. Will he allow God to break him and let healing begin? Or is the process just too difficult?
This is a strongly written story, crafted by a woman who knows the north firsthand, and read by a skilled narrator: Ron Hughes. I highly recommend it to seekers as well as to those who have already been found.