just finished reading Karyn Witmer's novel "A Simple Gift.
I laughed (daughter drops a dollop of sweet potato casserole on mom's fancy shoes), and I cried at the many touching, heart-rending moments in this fine novel. The world needs more books like this!
I laughed (daughter drops a dollop of sweet potato casserole on mom's fancy shoes), and I cried at the many touching, heart-rending moments in this fine novel. The world needs more books like this!
This is a great book about love and loss.How a family can eb split and get back together
After a mother-daughter relationship is broken how can the mother work to put it back together again and still maintain her own identity?
Avery and Mike thought they had the perfect American family until their daughter ran away. Now Fionas back in town...and nothing will ever be the same again.
Avery Montgomerys life changed forever in the checkout line at the Food-4-Less when she discovered her long-lost daughter, Fiona, working at the next register. Though Avery yearns to reestablish contact, Fiona has secrets and failures she cant bring herself to share with her motherand especially with her father.
Finally forced to choose between her marriage to Mike and a future that includes their beloved only child, Avery struggles to heal the rift that is tearing her family apart. To do that, she must risk everything she cares about, confront the sorrows of the past, and rediscover the love that once bound her family together. Avery must reach out to her husband and her daughter to forge a bright new futureand she must do it through a simple gift conceived in love.
Avery Montgomerys life changed forever in the checkout line at the Food-4-Less when she discovered her long-lost daughter, Fiona, working at the next register. Though Avery yearns to reestablish contact, Fiona has secrets and failures she cant bring herself to share with her motherand especially with her father.
Finally forced to choose between her marriage to Mike and a future that includes their beloved only child, Avery struggles to heal the rift that is tearing her family apart. To do that, she must risk everything she cares about, confront the sorrows of the past, and rediscover the love that once bound her family together. Avery must reach out to her husband and her daughter to forge a bright new futureand she must do it through a simple gift conceived in love.
Avery and Mike thought they had the perfect American family until their daughter ran away. Now Fiona's back in town and nothing will ever be the same.
This book made me laugh and cry, I loved it!!!
This book made me laugh and cry, I loved it!!!
Easy reading happy ending
Avery and Mike thought they had the perfect American family until their daughter ran away.Now Fion's back in town,,, and nothing will ever be the same.
Beautifully bold and deeply moving! A wonderful read which kept me up all night to savor the final word!
a really good tear jerker. Made you think about daughters and just how much you are willing to do for them
