If you read my Friday post, you'll know that last week was rough. I have had a hard time focusing as I ponder my job prospects. Reading has been almost non-existent.
I did actually find a way to read two books this weekend, and enjoyed them both.
I've had this book since last winter. My husband read it and enjoyed it, but it has sat on his nightstand ever since.
Theodora goes with her fiance Connor to his family's winter retreat at Idlewild where they are planning to spend the holiday. While there, Theo starts to remember bits and pieces that seem familiar to her; she was adopted when she was four and there has always been a missing piece from her early years.
Theo is also getting threatening texts from someone who doesn't want her at Idlewood, and as more of her past seems to indicate that she spent some time at Idlewood, when she finds a picture of her and her mother there she wants to find answers that have long eluded her about what happened to her mother.
I turned pages quickly in this book which kept my attention - a difficult task at this point.
Anna Quindlen is an auto-read author for me. And this latest novel is a solid addition to her collection of work.
Polly and her three friends have been meeting for book club for years, weathering the ups and downs of daily life. As a gift her book club friends give her a DNA ancestry kit that show Polly is related to someone she's never even heard of. Although she's convinced the test must have be mistaken, she still wants to explore the results.
Add this in with her fertility problems, and one of the book club member's health problems, and this is a novel with fantastic character development that I didn't want to end.
There's always a let down after a story ends, so I'm left looking for my next great read.
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