Naseem Rahka

Naseem Rahka

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Naseem Rakha is exploring a subject that evokes strong emotions; this would be an excellent book club selection. It should cause dialogues on the nature of forgiveness. In 1996 NPR sent Naseem Rakha to cover the execution of Douglas Wright, the first person to be executed in Oregon for three decades. Later she interviewed a remarkable woman whose daughter was murdered. The woman spent years hating the killer, the hate consuming her life. She realized she needed to confront the killer and make the painful journey to forgiveness. The Crying Tree is a novel about that journey, the hard road from hate to forgiveness. Nate accepts a position as a deputy in the High Desert of Oregon. Irene is not enthusiastic about his decision to move the family away from their home and friends in a small Illinois town to take this opportunity. She has trepidations about uprooting her family, moving her two children across country to a new school and new friends, leaving behind everything that is familiar. The family has just started to settle into the Oregon community when their son Shep is murdered, dying in his father's arms. Irene's grief and hate are overwhelming, she sinks into despair. Trying to pull herself out of her downward spiral she realizes she has to let go of the hate, she begins writing to her son's killer. As the story unfolds, the secrets carried by the characters come to light. How great is the capacity to forgive? Naseem Rakha's book is important;