A woman returns home to take care of her siblings and faces new
challenges—and findsnew love—in this novel from a New York
Times–bestselling author. Sara Elliott has been forced to give up
the life she's dreamed of to return home to Chicago and take charge of
her sisters and brother. She finds a job and settles into the house
she grew up in, building a life for ten-year-old Doug and teenagers
Carrie and Abby. But Sara has another brother, Mack, now twenty, who
left home three years earlier. Suddenly he reappears, cheerful and
unconcerned, as if he had never broken his promise to stay and help
Sara with the children and the house. With bewildering volatility,
Mack swings from kindness to cruelty, affection to hostility, keeping
the family always on edge. But with expensive gifts, storytelling, and
the excitement of his presence, he is winning over the children, and
sometimes the four of them stand together against Sara. And then, when
she thinks her life has room only for work and family, she meets
Reuben Lister, a client from New York. As Sara helps him find and
furnish a house and explore the city, they discover a closeness
neither has known before and share new ways of dealing with conflicts
each has always faced alone. Together, Sara and Reuben find answers to
the questions: What is a mother? What is a parent? What is a family?
This is Judith Michael's most poignant exploration of the pressures
and joys facing modern adults and children, in a story that will
resonate with everyone for its universal themes and discoveries.
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A Novel
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780061842443
Publisert
2018
Utgiver
Vendor
Avon/Open Road Integrated Media
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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