From Bestselling Author Bette Lee Crosby!
, Royal Palm Literary Award, FPA President’s Book Award, National Association of American Pen Women Fiction Award. Book ONE of the Serendipity Series.
Trust, love and friendship — Abigail Anne Lannigan searched for these things all her life. Now, when she is at the tail end of her years, she teams up with a free-spirited young woman. A nobody from … tail end of her years, she teams up with a free-spirited young woman. A nobody from nowhere, who suddenly moves in across the street. Their unusual friendship comes under suspicion when a million dollars goes missing and a distant relative, claims embezzlement. Abigail knows the truth of what happened but, unfortunately, she’ll never get the chance to tell.
Reminiscent of Fannie Flagg’s Fried Green Tomatoes the May-December friendship of these two unforgettable women is sure to settle in the soft spot of your heart.
The Twelfth Child, a novel rich with emotion, humor and tenderness, explores the splintered relationships of a Shenandoah Valley family and their willful daughter’s struggle to survive America’s Great Depression and overcome the past.
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Life is hard for Abigail. Her father never wanted a girl and he let her know that fact. She struggled with everything at home, until she finally left. This story tells about her life and the struggles she encounters. Author Bette Lee Crosby gives such great details and descriptions, that I was drawn into the story from the first page. I felt …
The Twelfth child is an excellent book. Set in the early 1900’s in the Shenandoah Valley it’s the story of Abigail, a determined strong willed girl. Her character is very well written and the story keeps you turning the pages. Not content with marrying young she rebels against her father and leaves home to take a job. A beautifully written story …
Abigail Lannigan was the twin daughter of Will and Livonia Lannigan. Will ignored his daughter to the point of abuse, but he adored and lavished attention on her brother. Even though Abigail loved her twin brother Will and they got along marvelously, her father ruined her life emotionally and Will’s in a certain way.
The book’s content and …
I made it through 78% of this book and finally stopped reading it. I decided there were too many good books and not enough time in this world, so decided to go on to something else.
Ididn’t connect with the characters or plot.
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Interesting, well written, but very wordy and cumbersome to read. Not my favorite of her books.
An entertaining read
The Twelfth Child (Serendipity #1) by Bette Lee Crosby –
She is born as a twin to a father and his wife. Her father is not one for female children and so her twin brother is her father’s favorite. Sadly, her mother dies at a very young age and she is raised by her father, and always biding for his attention in anyway she can. Abigail always …
Bette Lee Crosby does it again!
This book was an amazing read! I could not put it down. It took her back in time to when Abigail Anne Lannigan was born in the 1920’s throughout her life and what she went through. There is family dysfunction, drama, sadness, love, heart break and you name it you will feel it while reading this book. I absolutely …
This is the first book that I have read by Bette Lee Crosby. I absolutely loved this book!
Bette Lee Crosby has a way of writing where you feel like your the main character. I was able to feel every emotion & physical pain that Abigail experienced.
This book leaves you wanting more. I can’t wait to read book 2.