From the Publisher
A sweet tale about creating the family you need.”—People
“A heartwarming novel that explores the trials of losing what matters most.”—USA Today
“[Katherine] Center writes endearingly of love and family in her fourth novel, with lessons about loss, gain, standing up for oneself, and accepting that your best is good enough. Fans of well-crafted romantic women’s fiction won’t be disappointed.”—Booklist
“A novel about family, love and forgiveness . . . heart-rending and heartwarming.”—Kirkus Reviews
SEPTEMBER 2013 - AudioFile
After the death of her husband, Libby finds herself living with, and getting quite fed up with, her mother’s self-centered ways. Then Libby’s eccentric Aunt Jean offers Libby a new home and job on a goat farm. Narrator Amy Rubinate’s sensitive and grounded narration captures the essence of the story. She masterfully uncovers Libby’s powerful emotions as she discovers her past, grieves over people she has lost, and finds hope and love in her children and the people that now surround her. Rubinate’s smooth voice and flowing pace bring out the differences between Libby’s mother and aunt and offer solid characterizations of Libby’s feisty daughter and the attractive farm manager, who, like others in the town, harbors a secret. M.F. © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine
Kirkus Reviews
A novel about family, love and forgiveness. Libby, a heroine of this story on many levels, loses her husband in an automobile accident and cannot afford to keep the family house. She sells the house and, having no other choice, moves with her two young children to her mother's condominium. She takes a job as a bank teller and must trust her mother to help her care for the children, which is difficult insofar as her critical mother has never taken much interest in her. After two miserable years with her narcissistic mother, Libby receives an invitation from her mother's estranged sister, Jean (the other heroine of the story), to bring the children and live on her farm near Atwater, Texas. Jean says she is suffering from arthritis and needs help with the chores, but there is another, secret reason she yearns to have Libby, her precocious 7-year-old daughter, Abby, and the little boy, "Tank," come live with her. While driving to Jean's, Libby meets two people who will play an important role in her new life. Heart-rending and heartwarming.
