In God's Flower Garden

the long version

"...in God's Flower Garden" is a sensitive and uncompromising short story set that explores questions about the nature of God and the capacity of human love, relationships, and morality. In the novella "God's Tears" a young monk determines to find out why his fellow monk and lifelong friend leaves the order. In other tales, a guardian angel suffers when torn between duty and his gradually developing feelings for the vulnerable, young woman he is supposed to protect; a priest confronts a jealous, young musician; a Polish girl pines for her lover at Christmas; and a mother grieves in solitude for her son following September 11th. "The flowers are there in all their well observed, metamorphosizing details, and so is God. Dixon is a rare author who leads us to the transcendent through an artist's sensibility to original detail. This book is a sacred music of life made audible to all. Rather than reach for effect, it is rooted in well drawn characters and gripping situations. You will enjoy every one of these stories and come away with a new aspect of your self revealed." Susan Reimer Torn