The lessons that most enrich our
lives often come at unexpected moments and from unlikely places. That’s what
Kate Bowman learns when she moves temporarily—with her husband, Ben, and baby
son—to her grandmother’s Missouri farm. She arrives at a time of crisis and
indecision—struggling with the demands of a new mother, a not-so-new wife, and
a well-meaning but often impatient granddaughter. The family has assigned her
and Ben the job of convincing Grandma Rose, who’s becoming increasingly
stubborn and forgetful, to move off the land that means so much to her and into
a nursing home. Kate knows such a change
would break her grandmother’s heart. But what is right for her grandmother? And
what is right for her family and herself?
This is a fascinating story, well written by Lisa
Wingate. It includes various members of
the family who come together at Christmas time at Grandmother Rose’s home on
the farm in Missouri.
It is a story of a family pulling together after having been
very separated and dysfunctional.
Grandmother Rose’s journal helps Kate to understand so many
things about Grandmother and what is important to her.
If you like a good story I encourage you to get this one and
read it. If your local bookstore does
not have a copy it is available from various on line venues including
Amazon.com
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