When Callie MacCallum sews her first quilt after the death of her lover Jack Sebring, she doesn’t realize she’ll be drawn into a Sebring family battle between wife and daughter-in-law. She simply wants to fulfill her promise to Jack to visit their cabin in the West Virginia mountains, where their long love affair was safely hidden.
Instead, her emotionally reminiscent trip becomes crowded with … crowded with the two Sebring women, a grief counselor, and the massive role Callie assumes. She must speak for Jack in order to protect his four-year old grandson Chad from his stubbornly manipulative and blame-passing grandmother and his recently widowed and power-usurping mother. Callie understands both women grieve the loss of Chad’s father. He died when a raging storm split the tree that crushed him.
Grief isn’t the only common thread running between the four women. One by one, their secrets are revealed on the West Virginia mountaintop.
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I liked the characters in the book. It did have a happy ending, which I wondered if it would. Quirky and entertaining. It did make me think a bit about how women treat each other and while reading it wished they didn’t fall into the trap of thinking they are competing with each other for the affection of a man who had died.
One of my favorites. Will read it again!
Couldn’t get into this book. Did not hold my attention.
It kept my attention because it seemed very realistic.
A very good original story. Interesting outcome. The plot is off the beaten path and engaging..
Unrealistic, choppy and silly literary premise. Way too many goofy characters doing silly things.
Had to finish once I started.
Took a while to get into the story felt very unrealistic in the beginning but turned out to be a good read.
Wild Raspberries is one of the best books I have read in a long while. The story line was amazing. I don’t think I could have done and forgave like the strong woman characters in the story did. I was sorry when the story ended.
Very good read.
A delightful mix of characters who are well-developed throughout the story’s progression. Couldn’t put it down.
I enjoyed reading it.
Thought this would hold my interest but could not get into any of the characters
It took a bit to get in to this book because at the first you are overwhelmed with so many characters that it is hard to keep people straight – let alone their relationships. All in all, too many characters named and then wife or husband, sister in law, etc., introduced – but you have to figure out who they ‘belong’ to and what the relationship is. Let us have a page or two to get to know a character before naming 3 more! But once you figure out the main characters it was good – until other names are thrown in without any background.
Great read
The premise of the book was different. I can’t imagine the situation the women were placed in by the counselor, and their reactions bounced from raw hate, to conspiring to discredit one or the group. Each woman had a secret, and lived with betrayal. Interesting to the end.
Wild Raspberries was a great story. It follows 4 very, VERY different women whom ALL have made disastrous mistakes. There are women you want to hate that you learn to feel for, and women you want to feel for you learn to understand. All in all, great book.
I thought this would be one of those nice but rather superficial novels. I found instead it showed deep thoughts about life and death, and very good managed characters, with vibrant, changing psychological features. It is entertaining and exciting.
romantic and sad. makes yo like and hate a little about each of the characters. no black and white heroes here. growth and life – again even late in life. love it
Didn’t like it. All emotions, no action. Never finished it.