Is there anything better than traveling to another place (or time) and immersing yourself with interesting people to see where life takes you? Bonus: when you’re ready to “come home” simply close the book and *poof* here you are! You just can’t beat reading. I’m thankful I grew up with books, I treasure them.

I read another wonderful Kristin Hannah book recently, The Things We Do For Love. Loved it!! 5⭐️

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Description (from www.kristinhannah.com)

New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah “touches the deepest, most tender corner of our hearts” (Tami Hoag). Her last novel, Between Sisters, was chosen by CBS’s The Early Show as one of the best books of the summer. Now she returns with The Things We Do for Love – a poignant, evocative story that celebrates the magic of motherhood, the joys of coming home, and the price we so willingly pay for love.

The youngest of three daughters, Angela DeSaria Malone was always “the princess” of the family, a girl who thought she knew how her life would unfold. High School. College. Marriage. Motherhood. That was how it had gone for her sisters, her cousins, her friends. But it didn’t work out that way for Angie. She and her husband tried desperately to have a child; year after year, their perfectly decorated nursery remained empty. Finally, their marriage collapsed under the weight of lost dreams.

After the divorce, Angie moved back to her hometown and rejoined her loud, loving, slightly crazy family. In West End, a place where life rises and falls in time with the tides, she will find the man who once again will open her heart to love…and meet the girl who will change Angie’s life.

Lauren Ribido lives in a rundown apartment in a bad part of town with a mother who cares more about her next drink than about her daughter. At seventeen, Lauren knows that her aspirations in life may never come to pass.

From the moment they meet, Angie sees something special in Lauren. They form a quick connection, this woman who is desperate for a daughter and the girl who has never known a mother’s love. When Lauren is abandoned by her mother, Angie doesn’t hesitate to offer the girl a place to stay.

But nothing could have prepared Angie for the far-reaching repercussions of this act of kindness. In a dramatic turn of events, she and Lauren will be tested in a way that mothers and daughters seldom are. Together they will embark on an intensely moving, deeply emotional journey to the very heart of what it means to be a family.

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My review on Goodreads: (5⭐️)

A book that transports me to a different place, with new people, difficult sets of circumstances, great characters, caring, loss, struggle, large family, small family, food, helping others, sisterhood, understanding and the best ending ever captures my attention. To have it written so beautifully is perfection.
I don’t like spoilers, so trust me when I say this is a fabulous book, you would have no clue this book was published in 2004. I loved Kristin Hannah’s book (The Women) last year, despite not wanting to read a “sad book” and not thinking I would enjoy historical fiction. I was wrong on both counts. The Things We Do for Love is not historical fiction, but it will keep your attention and take you to another place and time while you’re reading… High 5, loved it!

What are you reading? Everyone loves a good book suggestion, do you have one? Always looking for the next!

📚 Until next time…