Safe farmer

It forced me to re-think my own way of thinking, and encouraged me to appreciate the life that I have just a little bit more. She is instantly unwelcome in the small town. But I don't see how it *adds* much to the conversation. The first few chapters are interesting but then the pattern of defining a word or emotion in her own way, building a story to justify the new meaning, declaring how wise the new revelation is, starts to grow old. So yeah there's the book. It required justice and sacrifice as well as tears and lots of determination. and there will be a small part of you, as there was a small part of her, who will wish different, but you will know that she did the right thing in the end. I loved this so much and I was a blubbering mess by the end!

Naomi comes to Knockemout to help her twin sister and stead gets yelled at by a stranger, robbed, car stolen and left with a niece she didn't know existed! Knox just happens to be the grump who yelled at her and this puts them on a path that see their lives tangled in almost every way." An un-virtuous cycle. However, with Ryle the rationale or origins of his abusive tendencies are explained by childhood trauma for which he has been in therapy for years.