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Zusatztext Praise for A Month of Summer “With her signature gentle spiritualism! Wingate sheds light on the toll that aging and disease take on families as she launches a new series with broad appeal.”— Booklist “ A Month of Summer ! with characters we love and plot twists that surprise us! teaches us that it’s never too late to open our hearts.”— Southern Lady More Praise for Lisa Wingate "A master-storyteller.”— Parade “Wingate’s novels! like those of Nicholas Sparks and Richard Paul Evans and others! takes a middle ground between Christian and mainstream fiction—uplifting! clean and inspiration but not overtly religious.”— Bryan-College Station Eagle “A remarkably talented and innovative writer! with a real feel for human emotions.”—Linda Lael Miller Informationen zum Autor Lisa Wingate is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of over thirty novels. She is known for combining elements of Southern storytelling, mystery, and history to create novels hailed by Publishers Weekly as “masterful.” Her novel Before We Were Yours remained on the New York Times bestsellers list for over five months and has been translated into thirty-five languages. While her work has received many awards, she most treasures the National Civics Award, presented by the kindness watchdog organization Americans for More Civility, to recognize public figures who work to promote greater kindness and civility in American life. She believes that stories can change the world. Klappentext An ordinary summer brings about an extraordinary change of heart in the first novel in the Blue Sky Hill series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours. Changes aren't in Rebecca Macklin's plans when she receives a long-distance call from the Dallas police. Her aging father has been found repeatedly wandering the city streets alone, and his wife has suffered a serious illness and landed in a nursing home. Despite the demands of the busy LA legal practice Rebecca shares with her husband, she must put aside old resentments and return to her childhood home. When Hanna Beth Parker hears about the arrival of her stepdaughter, Rebecca, who has stayed away for decades, she knows something is terribly wrong. Suddenly, the last person she'd ever turn to for help is the only one she can count on. But forging a relationship with Rebecca will require awakening old ghosts. In this moving story of separation and forgiveness, two women will unravel the betrayals of the past, examine the yearnings of the heart, and discover the truest meaning of family. Zusammenfassung An ordinary summer brings about an extraordinary change of heart in the first novel in the Blue Sky Hill series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Book of Lost Friends and Before We Were Yours . Changes aren’t in Rebecca Macklin’s plans when she receives a long-distance call from the Dallas police. Her aging father has been found repeatedly wandering the city streets alone! and his wife has suffered a serious illness and landed in a nursing home. Despite the demands of the busy LA legal practice Rebecca shares with her husband! she must put aside old resentments and return to her childhood home. When Hanna Beth Parker hears about the arrival of her stepdaughter! Rebecca! who has stayed away for decades! she knows something is terribly wrong. Suddenly! the last person she’d ever turn to for help is the only one she can count on. But forging a relationship with Rebecca will require awakening old ghosts. In this moving story of separation and forgiveness! two women will unravel the betrayals of the past! examine the yearnings of the heart! and discover...
