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Change is inevitable. In this story, we get Aunt Daisy and
her niece Audrey’s perspective on changes happening in their lives. The kind
that just sneaks up on you, or in Aunt Daisy’s words, “We just don’t realize
they’re so close at hand until they’re on our doorstep, knocking. It’s simply
our turn.”
Daisy needs help. Her husband, Dean, has Alzheimer’s, and she just can’t take
care of him alone. So, she decides it will be in their best interest to sell
their longtime home and move into an assisted living place. But she has much to
go through, cleaning and sprucing up, so she reaches out to Aubrey.
Aubrey never really wanted to go back to the town where her father had died.
But Daisy needs her, and there is no reason to stay as her job status is up in
the air. In this time of the unknown, she goes to help. Only she doesn’t
realize the impact the townspeople will have on her. Nor the impact she will
have on them.
This was a small hometown read, with no suspense, there is a romance thread,
but that is not really what I took from the story. It is really about change,
that is what gripped me as I turned the pages. Whether it is moving, a new job,
a baby, an accident, or sickness, we really have no way around it. This really
impacted me for personal reasons, and I liked the author’s light humor and turn
of phrase in the matter of facts of life. This is by no means a heavy story,
just one of helping one another through life’s ups and downs.
I was provided a copy of this novel from Revell Publishers through Interviews
& Reviews. I was not required to post a positive review, and all views and
opinions are my own.
Kit Tosello is an award-winning writer of small-town contemporary fiction with a big heart, as well as inspirational essays and devotionals. With her eye trained on the beauty hiding in plain sight all around us, she arranges words with tenderness, humor, and hope. When not writing, Kit can be found in the loose-tea shop she operates with her husband, exploring the great Pacific Northwest, or enjoying the "great indoors"--bookstores and libraries. Always with a matcha latte in hand. Learn more at KitTosello.com.
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