{"product_id":"the-apple-tree-wish-maria-martinez-9781490894492","title":"The Apple Tree Wish: Made by a Fatherless Girl","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis memoir describes the emotional pain of growing up fatherless and reveals God's amazing love at work to heal childhood hurts, even through circumstances of rejection. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen author Maria Martinez was just three years old, she heard the word \"illegitimate\" for the fi rst time. Though she was too young to understanding its meaning as it applied to her, she knew it made her feel different and ashamed. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn The Apple Tree Wish, Martinez discusses her life's events being branded an illegitimate child. She also shows the healing and wholeness she received through Christ's love and reconciliation with her father later in life. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA two-part presentation, the first half delivers a transcript of a talk Martinez gave for a women's group in 1992. In it, she narrates the events leading up to meeting her father in 1985, when she was forty-five years old. The second half contains a journal of the letters she wrote to and later shared with her father. In the journal she provides pertinent details of her life and shares her many emotions as she dealt with her unique situation. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Apple Tree Wish shows the emotional scars created by being a fatherless child, but also communicates that God's love has the power to heal the classic types of childhood hurts. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maria Martinez\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1490894497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781490894492\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e WestBow Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.45d","brand":"Maria Martinez","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44410699284735,"sku":"9781490894492","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a8b47290-e2fe-4689-8c12-b9a393248094.jpg?v=1697537368","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-apple-tree-wish-maria-martinez-9781490894492","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}