A story that will inspire hope.

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Family, music, faith and forgiveness.

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The Beer Bottle Rose is a tender and captivating memoir of a family torn apart by years of struggle with sickness, substance abuse, and depression. The story will inspire hope when all seems dead and gone.

Stories and songs.

“I grew up in a family of storytellers and music lovers. Lingering around the table on Sunday afternoons while my father and uncles laughed and told stories is one of my most cherished memories.”

A young man playing guitar with a woman sitting on his lap, both inside a room with wooden framing and dark walls.

“The story of The Beer Bottle Rose: a memoir is a story about family, music, faith and forgiveness. I am grateful to share it with you.”

Author, Tara L Root

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Meet the author.

Tara L. Root grew up among a large extended family in a small community in Southern Ontario, Canada.  At the age of nineteen she married her forever sweetheart, Andrew. For over twenty years they resided in New York City suburbs.

They currently live on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia along with their four kids and precocious Bouvier pup. Over the years Tara has dabbled in various writing projects but this is her first published work.

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But when the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, He saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of His mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom He poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior.

Titus 3:4-6