In July 2016 we read The Patterson Girls
When the Patterson daughters return
home to Meadow Brook to be with their father after their mother's
death, they bring with them a world of complication and trouble.
The eldest sister, obstetrician
Madeleine, would rater be anywhere but her hometown, violist Abigail
has fled from her stellar career, while teacher Lucinda is struggling
to have the children she and her husband so desperately want. The
black sheep of the family, Charlie, feels her life as a barista and
exercise instructor doesn't measure up to that of her gifted and
successful sisters.
Dealing with their bereft father who is
determined to sell the family motel, their loves old and new and a
series of troublesome decisions doesn't make life any easier, but
when they go through their mother's possessions and uncover her shocking secret of an old family curse, they begin to question
everything they thought they knew.
In a Few Words:
Chick Lit; Easy Read; Light Romance; Mills & Boon; Trite; Uninspiring; Very contemporary writing
Comment: A novel of its time but will it stand the test of time?
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