Branching Out
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- 4,49 €
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- 4,49 €
Publisher Description
“A sentimental and, at times, heart-wrenching story that touches on guilt, grief, forgiveness, and motherhood” from the author of Family Trees (Publishers Weekly).
Nestled along the shores of the beautiful Great Lakes, Meyers Orchard is where Shelby Meyers found unexpected love and strength—and now must forge a new life on her own terms . . .
Marriage marks both a happy ending and a new chapter for Shelby Meyers. She and Ryan Chambers have overcome tremendous odds to stand together in her grandparents’ orchard on the bluffs of Lake Superior, exchanging vows. Still, there are challenges old and new to contend with. Shelby struggles to find her niche among Ryan’s prominent Chicago family, while her own mother remains unreliable and unpredictable, impacting her life even from afar.
Though Shelby’s love for Ryan is as deep-rooted as the orchard, her rocky upbringing makes her hesitant to start a family. Before she can reconcile those feelings, a personal tragedy throws Shelby’s confidence, and her marriage, into crisis. To move forward she’ll have to go back—to her Great Lakes hometown and her mother, and to secrets she could never have guessed at, as she resolves to branch out on her own . . .
Praise for Family Trees
“March writes lyrically about the orchard and Lake Superior . . . [a] story of love, forgiveness, and growing into adulthood.”—St. Paul Pioneer Press
“Kerstin March writes a captivating story of love, heartbreak and triumph.”—Laura Sobiech, author of Fly a Little Higher
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
March's contemporary standalone is a sentimental and, at times, heart-wrenching story that touches on guilt, grief, forgiveness, and motherhood. After a difficult, fatherless childhood with a self-centered mother, Shelby Meyers has found true love with Ryan Chambers, scion of a wealthy, high-profile Chicago family. From the outset, their marriage is everything Shelby has hoped for, even though she is hounded by paparazzi and intrusive admirers because of Ryan's notoriety. When Shelby's world is rocked by a devastating tragedy, she pulls away from Ryan as she tries to deal with her loss. She retreats to her home in Bayfield, Wis., a warm-hearted community in a pristine area of Lake Superior, where she was mostly raised by her grandparents, and where Shelby feels grounded and safe. She discovers much more about her mother and the circumstances of her birth, and she learns that Ryan has been keeping a guilty secret. March (Family Trees) keeps things moving along, but the reconnection with Ryan feels rushed, and the ending is predictable.