Three generations of women—and the love, loss, sacrifice, and secrets that can bind them forever or tear them apart.
Millicent Glenn is self-sufficient and contentedly alone in the Cincinnati suburbs. As she nears her ninety-first birthday, her daughter Jane, with whom she’s weathered a shaky relationship, suddenly moves back home. Then Millie’s granddaughter shares the thrilling surprise that … thrilling surprise that she’s pregnant. But for Millie, the news stirs heartbreaking memories of a past she’s kept hidden for too long. Maybe it’s time she shared something, too. Millie’s last wish? For Jane to forgive her.
Sixty years ago Millie was living a dream. She had a husband she adored, a job of her own, a precious baby girl, and another child on the way. They were the perfect family. All it took was one irreversible moment to shatter everything, reshaping Millie’s life and the lives of generations to come.
As Millie’s old wounds are exposed, so are the secrets she’s kept for so long. Finally revealing them to her daughter might be the greatest risk a mother could take in the name of love.
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Forgiveness!!! This book had me in tears every step of the way. 3 generations with secrets and stories of their own. From 1950 through today you can feel the different lifestyles, talks, fights and family bonding. This has to be one of my top 5 for the year!!
Extremely well written, original, page turner. A thoughtful haunting story line about women and family and relationships. A tragic event in the life of the eldest woman and how she dealt with it, affected the next 2 generations. It underlined the need for honest communication and showed how when communication is absent, our minds can create our own false scenario which is often worse. Unexpected revelations kept me glued to the pages and I loved every character. One of the best books I’ve ever read. Well done Tori!!
Janet P
Love this book,how easy past mistakes can make tangle web of ones life. I finished it in one night, it flips back to the past but the author does put dates. Mother and daughter relationship carrying over to the granddaughter.