A Month of Summer (Blue Sky Hills Series #1) Review
Rebecca Macklin has it all, but feels a void whenever she thinks of her parents' divorce when she was twelve and the abandonment she felt with her father out of her life. She and her Mom moved to California, and she never wanted to return to Dallas in the past twenty five or so years. Her life is great except for a few nagging worries about her husband Kyle's interest in his clients and office staff. Her fairly settled world is sent spinning when the Dallas Police call and tell her they found her father wandering the streets in a disheveled state. Rebecca has known about her father's Alzheimer's, but had allowed herself to push it aside. Let his second family deal with the issue. Her step-mother is in a nursing home recovering from a stroke and social services will be called in unless family can make arrangements. Grudgingly, Rebecca travels back to Dallas for the first time since she left as a child. She is ill prepared to face the memories and is overwhelmed by the needs of her father, the feelings towards her father's second wife Hanna Beth, and her adult son, Teddy. As she struggles to make care arrangements, sort through the home she once loved, and to help Teddy, she faces the memories of her late mother and the feelings of betrayal. Spending time under the roof that had sheltered her as a child, she begins to understand that all may not have been as it seemed to twelve year old Rebecca. A Month of Summer travels the winding road of difficult decisions and the willingness to open a heart to new truths. The portrayal of Alzheimer's, stroke recovery and cognitive damage are facets of the character's life, not the characters, themselves. Anyone who lived in the Dallas area thirty years ago will recognize the look and feel of Dallas they remember.
Rebecca Macklin could be yet another in a series of "have it all, but life is empty" female characters that seem to populate books today. A busy attorney, who also runs a boutique, has an accomplished young daughter and successful attorney husband. Boo hoo, boo hoo. And the review could stop there. However.... within the pages of A Month of Summer, Lisa Wingate has deftly crafted a multigenerational tale of love, deception and the power of forgiveness and redemption.
Just be careful not to start reading this book during a bath....or you'll find yourself all pruney because you don't want to stop long enough to get out and dry off....even if the hot water is all gone!
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A Month of Summer (Blue Sky Hills Series #1) Overview
First in a new series from a national bestselling author whose “novels [are] like those of Nicholas Sparks and Richard Paul Evans.”(Bryan-College Station Eagle)
For Rebecca Macklin, an ordinary summer brings about an extraordinary change of heart when she discovers that her aging father has been wandering the Dallas streets alone, and his wife, Hanna Beth, has landed in a nursing home. Now Rebecca must put aside old resentments and return to her childhood home. In this moving story of separation and forgiveness, two women will unravel the betrayals of the past and discover the true meaning of family.
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Customer Reviews
Characters give insight - Karen Eichstadt - Cincinnati OH
This is an excellent piece of writing giving the reader worthwhile insight into some characters. Hanna Beth was initially perceived as a ruthless person yet as we get to know her, we understand her situation more fully, even though she is a stroke victim who cannot talk. Teddy, a lovable character, finds those who need him, in ways we might not imagine. I found this book stirring and hopeful. A wonderful read.
Great - L. Miller -
Good, wonderful, great. What else can I say? She is an amazing writer. Having dealt with caretaking issues of older relatives myself, this book was a Godsend. More than anything, it reminded me that through difficulty come some of the treasures of life. There is always a place for hope, and this book nurtures that place. A beautiful story of family finding their way to one another. Not to be missed.
A Month of Summer - JaneA Clear -
If ya like real stories about real people you won't be sorry to buy this one it is a series I've read first two and enjoyed but don't stand up to Tending Roses series If ya wanna start reading LW start with Tending Roses series............
Really enjoy this author, but... - M.V. - TX, USA
The main character in this book drove me crazy with her indecisiveness and doubts. I know it wasn't her fault but arghhh! Besides that the book was really good and I look forward to reading more in this series. This author is very good at storytelling and I think everyone will enjoy this book along with others that she has written.
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