The Florence Legacy
A Novel
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4.3 • 3 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
In this novel filled with friendship, grief, and travel gone awry, three friends take their dream trip to Florence, Italy in memory of a beloved woman who has passed away.
As the last will of a close friend is read, three women discover that they have inherited a legacy from her: the funds to take a dream trip to Florence, Italy, in her memory. With plenty of hilarious travel mishaps along the way, this book is a story of deep friendship, of making room in our lives to celebrate and remember, of grief, of the realization that friendship keeps the memory alive, and the sweet discovery of unexpected romance.
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In this inspiring standalone from Snelling (A Time to Bloom), a woman grapples with the death of her friend. Breeanna Lindstrom used to meet each month with Jade and three other friends she had met at a writers' conference, and they often discussed traveling to Italy together. However, after Jade dies from brain cancer, Breeanna struggles not to resent God for her loss. The surviving members of the writers' group discover that Jade left each of them $10,000 to pay for their Italian getaway, but the other three are unable to go because of other commitments. Then, Breeanna attends another funeral for a friend's husband, where she connects with a man her friend had tried to set her up with years earlier. They hit it off and stay in touch after Breeanna finally decides to visit Italy, where she learns to trust God even in times of mourning. The Florence scenes sumptuously evoke the city's old-world splendor ("Bree felt like she was inhaling centuries past. Lit candles at the altar, lemon cleaning wax, a mustiness of ages"), and Christians will find the meditations on keeping one's faith in times of grief uplifting. It adds up to a powerful meditation on navigating one's relationship with God after devastating loss.
