Susan Sinclair has it all: great job, great apartment -- and on some days she even manages great hair. She doesn't have a great man, but she's far too successful to have time for one. The she gets a frantic summons to return to where it all began -- Copper Creek, her home in Michigan -- only to discover that her grown daughter has followed in her not-so-proud footsteps by getting pregnant without getting married and her widowed mom seems to be scandalously juggling more men then she can count ...
And, worst of all, he's still there -- Jon Laker -- still the man most likely to drive her crazy. So she marches into his business and declares she's there to discuss their daughter -- and nothing else. After all, she made her choices a long time ago ... but hours later -- after not doing very much talking at all -- Susan realizes that seeing Jon has turned her well-ordered world upside down. And Jon -- plus mom and daughter -- means it's going to be a long, hot summer in this small, small town.
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Rating: - Likely to end up in my charity pile
Workaholic Susan Sinclair is summoned to her hometown when her daughter calls in a panic because Grandma has gone through a metamorphis. She dreads going up there as she knows that the father of her child, Jon Laker, is a man she still cannot resist. A teenage love affair that resulted in pregnancy, his family did everything to ruin the relationship. Now 22 years later, they both still carry a torch for each other, though neither is willing to admit it. Daughter Becca has come home to deal with an ... Read More
Rating: - Warm and Witty
This is only my second book by Jennifer Greene and it left me wanting to read more.
This is a deep tale about 3 generations of strong women making the same mistakes in life and love.
First you have Lydia, the Grandmother. In her role as a widow she is finally exploring the real her and stepping outside the tidy box her married life held her in.
Then you have Susan the mother. She is struggling with an issue at work and trying to help her daughter deal with an unplanned pregnancy ... Read More
Rating: - Great story, bad delivery
While the story of these three generations of women, who are trying to learn and heal from their past mistakes, is very touching, Greene's delivery of it is awkward and filled with too much of what seems to be psychoanalysis. The conversations these women have with each other-about repeating past mistakes and verbally analyzing the root of their fears and insecurities-are too deliberate. Conversations sound more like therapy sessions than actual conversations between mother and daughter. It adds ... Read More
Rating: - Warm, contemplative look at family relationships
There comes a time in each person's life, when they have to confront their past in order to move forward. Susan Sinclair has just reached that point. A successful career woman suddenly facing a job crisis, Susan gets a phone call from her adult daughter asking her to come home to Copper Creek. She arrives to find her daughter in a fragile state, her mother fresh from a life makeover and her first love, Jon Laker, back in her life.
It soon becomes apparent that not only do the Sinclair women ... Read More
Rating: - Take a chance...
I finished this book and "Where Is He Now?" book. This one very honest look at three generations of women. I liked the twists and turns. The grandmother character was real and very funny. Take a chance...
- Likely to end up in my charity pile
- Warm and Witty
- Great story, bad delivery
- Take a chance...
