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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I loved this book! I forgot the world outside of the book existed! Completely kept me deeply involved!
Love the characters and it was a feel good kind of book that I really needed at the time.
I really enjoyed this book and would recommend it.
The characters quickly grow to be your friends and you are lost in their world. You won’t want the book to end and will be eager to read the next one!
A very enjoyable read! With its authentic voice, this book made me feel transported back to a different time. I felt for Abigail, who is brave in pursuing the life she wants, as she ventures ahead rather than simply going along with what her father wants and expects her to do. She also has a realistic bit of naiveté and needs some help along …
I loved reading “The Twelfth Child” cover to cover. I am looking forward to reading the second book in this series. Me. Crosby can absolutely hold your attention and leave you wanting more….
The Twelfth Child by Author, Bette Lee Crosby~
You’ll be taken back in time to The Great Depression Era, Virginia, as our protagonist Abigail Anne Lannigan is fighting against the life she’s been dealt as a young child and for the life needed in order to survive.
A story full of surprise and circumstance, Author, Bette Lee Crosby has created a …
This story of this young woman’s life, and the lack of love by her father, reminded me of how fortunate we are to live in modern times when it is not the norm for a father think girls are worthless.
Feel good book. Easy to read.
Loved it, loved the character development.
I really enjoyed this book! Abigail Ann is a tragic character who faced many hard ships. Beginning with her father never loving her to losing her mother early. And then Destiny Fairchild came along and brought love and laughter back into her final years. You can not help but despise her money hungry nephew, and root for Destiny and Charles! A …
I truly loved this book and the charming characters. I tend to dislike parallel time story lines but this book was a wonderful exception.
Spellbinding story lines with well developed characters and dialog.
You will fall in love with Abigail; your heart will feel the full gamut of emotions. This is a story you won’t soon forget. Bette Lee Crosby writes a wonderful story!
This was a very good story. It’s a first person telling of the life of Abigail Anne Lannigan, the unwanted girl child of William Lannigan and twin sister to the long wished for son, Will.
It’s a story of longing for love and attention, rebellion, mistakes, survival, dear friendship, selfishness, selflessness, greed, heartbreak and happiness.
Each …
This was just a great book! It had wonderful characters. I loved everything about it. There were so many emotions with this book, everything you can imagine. I can’t wait to read my next Bette Lee Crosby book!
A funny thing happened while I was reading The Twelfth Child. I became so engrossed in the story, I forgot to take notes for my review. I always keep pens and scraps of paper handy wherever I am when reading.
I was so into Bette’s story, I plum forgot my notes. So. smiling happily, I dove right back in and read the complete story again.
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I loved it.
I am part of Bette Lee Crosby’s BFF Clubhouse and Traveling Book Club. Thank you Bette for sharing this lovely title with me! I enjoyed this book so much.
Abigail Lannigan was a survivor from the moment she was born. Her father beamed with pride when her twin brother, Will was born, but had little love in his heart for the daughter that …
Great women’s fiction, a woman growing and changing, facing adversity with courage. The setting is Virginia, an era piece, and very true to the time and place. Simply a tone that I enjoy, and worth re-reading, too.