Helpful Score: 2
Three very different women grow in character through their relationship with each other. What they share is that they all have secrets. I wanted this book to go on and on and on and on.
Helpful Score: 1
One of Coomer's best. This one will make you laugh and cry. A very good read!
Helpful Score: 1
In this insightful book that deals with abortion, marital infidelity, and unwed motherhood, Coomer writes of how Life has drawn together three women, each of whom has had a disastrous relationship that has left each bearing a load of guilt. Charlotte, a recently widowed archaeologist, Grace, an aging blue-haired widow who has inherited a wooden motor yacht, and Chloe, an unwed, pregnant, emotional 17-year-old become shipmates off the New England coast. As the share their lives, the three learn of the vexatious relationships each has had---Charlotte's with her in-laws after the death of their son; Grace's with her daughter who is unforgiving of her mother's marital infidelity; and Chloe's with her pathologically 'moralistic' parents. A genuine bond develops between the three, and they begin to learn how to forgive themselves and how to "live forward".
Helpful Score: 1
My September bookclub selection. Finally getting to do a review. Nine weeks after her husband dies Charlotte winds up in Portsmouth Harbor New Hampshire. She somehow finds herself rooming on a boat with 2 other women. This story shows how their friendship grows between the 3 of them even though they are of 3 different generations. All 3 women have issues they need to resolve. I will be looking for other work by Joe Coomer.
