Category:
Literary Fiction
Regular worth:
$9.30
Deal worth:
$1.99
Deal begins:
March 31, 2023
Deal ends:
March 31, 2023
An aged widow discovers a brand new sense of goal when a collection of wayward younger folks come to remain in her Vermont house on this “truly engrossing novel” (Library Journal).
Sarah Lucas imagined the remainder of her days could be spent dwelling peacefully in her rural Vermont house within the steadfast firm of her husband. But now, with Charles’s sudden passing, seventy-five-year-old Sarah is left inconsolably alone.
As grief settles in, Sarah’s thoughts lingers on her previous: her imperfect however devoted fifty-year marriage to Charles; the years they spent elevating their three very totally different kids; and her childhood in the course of the Great Depression, when her dad and mom opened their house to numerous kinfolk and neighbors. So, when quite a lot of misplaced souls come searching for shelter in Sarah’s personal massive, empty house, her previous comes full circle. As this unruly flock kinds a household of kinds, they—with Sarah—nurture and defend each other, all of the whereas discovering their unsuspected strengths and braveness.
In the custom of Jane Smiley and Sue Miller, Kate Maloy has crafted a sensible and gratifying novel a few lady who gracefully accepts a stunning new function simply when she thought her finest years had been behind her.
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