Marilyn Brown Oden
3 books in the catalogue, published 2001 to 2011.
Marilyn Brown Oden wrote Hospitality of the Heart, a 128 page book from 2002 on welcoming other people. The catalogue also lists her suspense novel The Santa Fe Secret and her historical novel Crested Butte: A Novel, set in Crested Butte, under her name. Abingdon Press publishes an author of the same name who has written ten earlier books, including that Crested Butte novel.
About Marilyn Brown Oden
Abingdon Press describes Marilyn Brown Oden as an award-winning author of ten previous books, including Crested Butte: A Novel. Its profile says she enjoys walks to the Santa Fe Plaza and cross-country skiing in the moonlight. It also says she has met refugees, women in prison, prime ministers and presidents on five continents, and that two encounters reshaped her worldview: visiting refugee centers in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the NATO bombing, and joining an ecumenical delegation to Israel and Palestine. She is a United Methodist living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We have not confirmed that this Abingdon profile is the same person who wrote our title, though the name matches.
Books
Hospitality of the Heart
A little book on hospitality that goes past food and drink. Oden argues that a good host meets a guest's unspoken needs and doesn't criticize or cut short, so that strangers share their souls and stories.
The Santa Fe Secret
A fast moving suspense novel set in Santa Fe, with the nearby presence of Los Alamos woven into the plot. The publisher's page names Oden as the author and links it to her earlier novels.
Crested Butte: A Novel
A novel set in Crested Butte. A seventeen-year-old named Vini steps off the first train and is pulled into a world of coal barons, bankers, dreamers and dancers. The catalogue lists it at 276 pages.
What the books share
Hospitality of the Heart reflects on hospitality as care for another person's stated and unstated needs. Its description stresses presence, shared stories and the idea of no longer being strangers. The Abingdon profile points to related interests: the author describes writing as bringing her meaning and a sense of wholeness, and her travels among people in difficult circumstances sit close to the book's concern with welcome.
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