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Cisco #2
Family Blessings
A heartwarming and hilarious New York Times bestseller from Fern Michaels, the acclaimed author of No Place Like Home and Crown Jewel, that will delight and inspire you this and every holiday season!
Right before Thanksgiving, a freak tornado descends on Larkspur, the small town in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains where matriarch and candy magnate Loretta Cisco—affectionately called Cisco by her grandchildren—lives, and levels the home she’s inhabited for fifty years.
Then there’s more bad news: Cisco’s beloved triplet grandchildren, Hannah, Sara, and Sam, all newlyweds, are experiencing marital problems and they refuse to confide in their grandmother about what’s wrong. Sam’s wife, Sonia, has left him, and Hannah and Sara fear that their husbands are having affairs. Why else would they be coming home so late every night and seem to be keeping secrets?
As the citizens of Larkspur help to rebuild Cisco’s home in time for Christmas, she vows to work a holiday miracle that will hold her family together.
Right before Thanksgiving, a freak tornado descends on Larkspur, the small town in Pennsylvania’s Allegheny Mountains where matriarch and candy magnate Loretta Cisco—affectionately called Cisco by her grandchildren—lives, and levels the home she’s inhabited for fifty years.
Then there’s more bad news: Cisco’s beloved triplet grandchildren, Hannah, Sara, and Sam, all newlyweds, are experiencing marital problems and they refuse to confide in their grandmother about what’s wrong. Sam’s wife, Sonia, has left him, and Hannah and Sara fear that their husbands are having affairs. Why else would they be coming home so late every night and seem to be keeping secrets?
As the citizens of Larkspur help to rebuild Cisco’s home in time for Christmas, she vows to work a holiday miracle that will hold her family together.
336 pages, Paperback
First published October 19, 2004
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Fern Michaels
424 books6,514 followersFern Michaels isn’t a person. I’m not sure she’s an entity either since an entity is something with separate existence. Fern Michaels® is what I DO. Me, Mary Ruth Kuczkir. Growing up in Hastings, Pennsylvania, I was called Ruth. I became Mary when I entered the business world where first names were the order of the day. To this day, family and friends call me Dink, a name my father gave me when I was born because according to him I was ‘a dinky little thing’ weighing in at four and a half pounds. However, I answer to Fern since people are more comfortable with a name they can pronounce.
As they say, the past is prologue. I grew up, got a job, got married, had five kids. When my youngest went off to Kindergarten, my husband told me to get off my ass and get a job. Those were his exact words. I didn’t know how to do anything except be a wife and mother. I was also a voracious reader having cut my teeth on The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames and the like. The library was a magical place for me. It still is to this day. Rather than face the outside world with no skills, I decided to write a book. For some reason that didn’t intimidate me. As my husband said at the time, stupid is as stupid does. Guess what, I don’t have that husband any more. Guess what else! I wrote 99 books, most of them New York Times Best Sellers.
Moving right along here . . . Several years ago I left Ballantine Books, parted company with my agent, sold my house in New Jersey that I had lived in all my married life and in 1993 moved to South Carolina. I figured if I was going to go through trauma let it be all at one time. It was a breeze. The kids were all on their own at that point. The dump was a 300 year old plantation house that is listed in the National Registry that I remodeled. Today it is beyond belief as are the gardens and the equally old Angel Oaks that drip Spanish moss. Unfortunately, I could not get my ghost to relocate. This ghost has been documented by previous owners. Mary Margaret as we call her, is “a friendly”. She is also mischievous. It took me two weeks to figure out that she didn’t like my coffee cups. They would slide off the table or counter or else they’d break in the dishwasher. I bought red checkered ones. All are intact as of this writing. She moves pillows from one room to the other and she stops all the clocks in the house at 9:10 in the a.m. at least once a week. When the Azaleas are in bloom, and only then, I find blooms on my night stand. I have this glorious front porch and during the warm months I see my swing moving early in the morning when the air is still and again late in the day. She doesn’t spook the dogs. I always know when she’s around because the five of them line up and look like they’re at a tennis match. As of this writing we’re co-habiting nicely.
Most writers love what they do and I’m no exception. I love it when I get a germ of an idea and get it down on paper. I love breathing life into my characters. I love writing about women who persevere and prevail because that’s what I had to do to get to this point in time. It’s another way of saying it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, what matters is where you’re going and how you get there. The day I finally prevailed was the day I was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. For me it was an awesome day and there are no words to describe it.
I’ve been telling stories and scribbling for 37 years. I hope I can continue for another 37 years. It wasn’t easy during some of those years. As I said, I had to persevere. My old Polish grandmother said something to me when I was little that I never forgot. She said when God is good to you, you have to give back. For a while I didn’t know how to do that. When I finally figured it out I set up The Fern Michaels® Foundation.
READ FERN MICHAELS' FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE: http://www.fernmichaels.com/biography/
As they say, the past is prologue. I grew up, got a job, got married, had five kids. When my youngest went off to Kindergarten, my husband told me to get off my ass and get a job. Those were his exact words. I didn’t know how to do anything except be a wife and mother. I was also a voracious reader having cut my teeth on The Bobbsey Twins, Nancy Drew, The Hardy Boys, Cherry Ames and the like. The library was a magical place for me. It still is to this day. Rather than face the outside world with no skills, I decided to write a book. For some reason that didn’t intimidate me. As my husband said at the time, stupid is as stupid does. Guess what, I don’t have that husband any more. Guess what else! I wrote 99 books, most of them New York Times Best Sellers.
Moving right along here . . . Several years ago I left Ballantine Books, parted company with my agent, sold my house in New Jersey that I had lived in all my married life and in 1993 moved to South Carolina. I figured if I was going to go through trauma let it be all at one time. It was a breeze. The kids were all on their own at that point. The dump was a 300 year old plantation house that is listed in the National Registry that I remodeled. Today it is beyond belief as are the gardens and the equally old Angel Oaks that drip Spanish moss. Unfortunately, I could not get my ghost to relocate. This ghost has been documented by previous owners. Mary Margaret as we call her, is “a friendly”. She is also mischievous. It took me two weeks to figure out that she didn’t like my coffee cups. They would slide off the table or counter or else they’d break in the dishwasher. I bought red checkered ones. All are intact as of this writing. She moves pillows from one room to the other and she stops all the clocks in the house at 9:10 in the a.m. at least once a week. When the Azaleas are in bloom, and only then, I find blooms on my night stand. I have this glorious front porch and during the warm months I see my swing moving early in the morning when the air is still and again late in the day. She doesn’t spook the dogs. I always know when she’s around because the five of them line up and look like they’re at a tennis match. As of this writing we’re co-habiting nicely.
Most writers love what they do and I’m no exception. I love it when I get a germ of an idea and get it down on paper. I love breathing life into my characters. I love writing about women who persevere and prevail because that’s what I had to do to get to this point in time. It’s another way of saying it doesn’t matter where you’ve been, what matters is where you’re going and how you get there. The day I finally prevailed was the day I was inducted into the New Jersey Literary Hall of Fame. For me it was an awesome day and there are no words to describe it.
I’ve been telling stories and scribbling for 37 years. I hope I can continue for another 37 years. It wasn’t easy during some of those years. As I said, I had to persevere. My old Polish grandmother said something to me when I was little that I never forgot. She said when God is good to you, you have to give back. For a while I didn’t know how to do that. When I finally figured it out I set up The Fern Michaels® Foundation.
READ FERN MICHAELS' FULL BIOGRAPHY HERE: http://www.fernmichaels.com/biography/
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April 8, 2014
Book Title: Family Blessings
Author: Fern Michaels
Genre: General Fiction, Humor(??)
Rating: 1 Star
Format: Book on CD
This is probably the most ridiculously stupid book I've read in a long time. I suspect that it's supposed to be humorous, but it falls flat. The only reason I think that it's supposed to be funny is that the plot is out of a sitcom, where nobody communicates and resorts to fisticuffs when faced with a conflict instead of working it out like grown-ups. Also, the book description says, "heartwarming and hilarious." Which it's not.
The characters are immature and self-centered. They are stupid squared. They jump to conclusions and instead of TALKING to the person they have the problem with, they go storming off into the night. And the main character, Cisco, the grandmother, is supposed to be mature, but she's just as bad as the adult children. The only person I actually liked in the story is Ezra, Cisco's "boyfriend," who has a good head on his shoulders and at least doesn't contribute to the chaos.
The dad is kind of a minor character, but he was also a good person. Why on earth did he let Cisco raise his children when his wife died? And why do these "adult" triplets beat the crap out of each other all the time? This is supposed to be FUNNY? Everyone is bloodied and bruised, including the husbands of the two girls, who punch them in face and break their noses. Spousal abuse is FUNNY???
Ugh. Thank goodness it's only 5 CDs long, but I was skipping tracks just to get past the stupid parts.
Author: Fern Michaels
Genre: General Fiction, Humor(??)
Rating: 1 Star
Format: Book on CD
This is probably the most ridiculously stupid book I've read in a long time. I suspect that it's supposed to be humorous, but it falls flat. The only reason I think that it's supposed to be funny is that the plot is out of a sitcom, where nobody communicates and resorts to fisticuffs when faced with a conflict instead of working it out like grown-ups. Also, the book description says, "heartwarming and hilarious." Which it's not.
The characters are immature and self-centered. They are stupid squared. They jump to conclusions and instead of TALKING to the person they have the problem with, they go storming off into the night. And the main character, Cisco, the grandmother, is supposed to be mature, but she's just as bad as the adult children. The only person I actually liked in the story is Ezra, Cisco's "boyfriend," who has a good head on his shoulders and at least doesn't contribute to the chaos.
The dad is kind of a minor character, but he was also a good person. Why on earth did he let Cisco raise his children when his wife died? And why do these "adult" triplets beat the crap out of each other all the time? This is supposed to be FUNNY? Everyone is bloodied and bruised, including the husbands of the two girls, who punch them in face and break their noses. Spousal abuse is FUNNY???
Ugh. Thank goodness it's only 5 CDs long, but I was skipping tracks just to get past the stupid parts.
June 1, 2015
Pros: The wide cast of quirky characters was entertaining. The side story with the doctors was engaging, as well.
Cons: The pacing of this book is off. From one sentence to the next, the story might move forward a moment, several hours, or several weeks. It was difficult to follow at times. Significant parts of the story which likely would have been emotional and full of interesting dialogue were skipped right over, mentioned only in hindsight. Also, the fighting - literal fighting - between the adult siblings was just goofy.
Cons: The pacing of this book is off. From one sentence to the next, the story might move forward a moment, several hours, or several weeks. It was difficult to follow at times. Significant parts of the story which likely would have been emotional and full of interesting dialogue were skipped right over, mentioned only in hindsight. Also, the fighting - literal fighting - between the adult siblings was just goofy.
January 19, 2021
This was a quick and interesting read.
It Is more or less about love, family, triplet and communication in marriage.I enjoyed It.
It Is more or less about love, family, triplet and communication in marriage.I enjoyed It.
January 9, 2016
I don't usually take the time to review books but I felt a need here. This book was terrible. I usually hate putting a book away unfinished but I just couldn't handle it anymore. the dialogue is repetitive, childish and insanely unrealistic. The characters are whiny, and they resort to fist fights on a regular basis. They run from every confrontation like children. The pace of the book makes no sense at times. I honestly couldn't handle it any more. I've got to say though, I'm glad I tried it. Now I feel better about publishing a book myself one day. I can write better than that!
January 1, 2024
Each December my wife and I like to listen to a Christmas-themed story on our way to and from our holiday getaway. This week we went to the Lied Lodge at Arbor Day Farm in Nebraska City, which is in southeastern Nebraska.
For a Christmas story, Family Blessings is pretty intense. There are fights (actual physical fights) among adult siblings, a natural disaster that affects the central family in the story, and serious marital discord.
Cisco is the family matriarch in a town in the mountains of Pennsylvania. She is widowed, and is dating a friendly man who is witnessing all the drama going on in her family this holiday season. Cisco's daughter-in-law died while her triplets were in their youth. Now all three of the "trips" are grown and married, and all three are shaken, each believing that their spouse is running around on them.
The audio narrator, Laurel Merlington, does a great job of voicing all the characters.
For a Christmas story, Family Blessings is pretty intense. There are fights (actual physical fights) among adult siblings, a natural disaster that affects the central family in the story, and serious marital discord.
Cisco is the family matriarch in a town in the mountains of Pennsylvania. She is widowed, and is dating a friendly man who is witnessing all the drama going on in her family this holiday season. Cisco's daughter-in-law died while her triplets were in their youth. Now all three of the "trips" are grown and married, and all three are shaken, each believing that their spouse is running around on them.
The audio narrator, Laurel Merlington, does a great job of voicing all the characters.
May 13, 2011
This was the second book from Fern Michaels about the Cisco family. No Place Like Home was a much better story. This one did not have much of a plot. It was not enjoyable when most of the book was the family fighting with each other.
December 8, 2021
While the characters are diverse and mildly interesting, there are too many thrown at the reader too quickly- grown triplets facing simultaneous divorces after being raised by their Grandmother who has a patient live-in boyfriend; everyone has tons of money and are altruistically devoted to their town after a tornado destroys their GrandMother/Mom’s cozy house; and the 2 Husbands have secretly purchased .. a boat. It needs better pacing and brutal editing.
I trudged my way through the first 3 chapters but chaos continued to be spewed and it simply wasn’t interesting or well-written enough to continue.
I trudged my way through the first 3 chapters but chaos continued to be spewed and it simply wasn’t interesting or well-written enough to continue.
January 25, 2018
Loved it ! Didn't want to put it down!
December 26, 2022
A delightfully realistic family Christmas story
This was a quick and delightful read for Christmas that had all the realistic tension of family and marital struggles that made the story relatable! The wonderfully descriptive writing from beginning to end was wonderful and made it a great read! The way relationships can both fall apart and work at restoration was greatly appreciated! All in all one of my favorite reads this year and I highly recommend it to you!!
This was a quick and delightful read for Christmas that had all the realistic tension of family and marital struggles that made the story relatable! The wonderfully descriptive writing from beginning to end was wonderful and made it a great read! The way relationships can both fall apart and work at restoration was greatly appreciated! All in all one of my favorite reads this year and I highly recommend it to you!!
September 11, 2007
I first picked this book up in the airport a couple of years ago. I bought it because I had read Kentucky Rich by the same author and I had enjoyed that book. Also, she is a best-selling author. Anyway, I finished this book on the return trip from Europe - it was such an easy read, not much content or depth. I kept waiting for a good plot to develop. I would not recommend wasting your time on this one.
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February 6, 2011boring-very predictable
June 29, 2011
Awful, boring, predictable, don't bother.
January 5, 2017
Great book.
June 23, 2017
I usually like Fern Michaels but this one is just too sweet and too obvious.
February 29, 2024
The Trips (short for triplets - two girls and a boy) had been their own best friends since childhood. Their mother had died while they were still in primary school and the trips were raised by their father and grandmother, Cisco. Cisco had made them dress alike. They played together, and were sent to private school together. They were even married in a triple ceremony. Sam, (male triplet) had married Sonja, a wonderful girl from the Ukraine whom he had met at college. Hannah married Zach, an ophthalmologist and Sara married Joel, a pediatrician. Both men worked at the medical center in their small village in Pennsylvania. Their grandmother, Cisco, had a wonderful companion named Ezra. Cisco ran a successful candy business she had started. Her son and grandson helped with the business. This year, just before Thanksgiving Cisco mentioned to Ezra that things didn't seem to be right with the "Trips" ...That was just before a huge Tornado ripped through the village destroying a number of homes and killing 4 people. Cisco's home of 50 years was one of the ones destroyed. Yes, there was trouble coming from many angles. Sara and Hanna were sure their husbands were having affairs: They had been lying about working late and going on medical conferences. Sam's wife left him and he didn't know where she was. The Trips turned to each other for help because they didn't have any real friends outside of their "triangle." Thanksgiving was a week away - and then there would be Christmas. ... Could the village come together to rebuild the lost area, could the Trips save their marriages??? --- Could trust be rebuilt or would unfaithfulness win?? --- The answers are in the book. --- It was an OK read, but a bit to contrived for me. For smart people, they made some stupid choices! --- and got out of their problems a bit too easily.
September 16, 2024
The Trips were really a Trip in Family Blessings
Fern Michaels always writes wonderful books, this one included. Ms. Michael's characters are very quirky in this one. The triplets, Sam, Hannah, & Sara are known by all as the Trips. They were raised by their grandma who they call Cisco and their dad, Jonathon after their mom died while they were young. They were raised to depend on reach other, they didn't need any anyone else, they played, studied, went to the same college together. Their Grandma Cisco was the matriarch of the family and also the founder of a large candy company, that she retired from and let her son and the Trips take over running. Most of the town was employed at the candy company and were thankful to Cisco for taking care of anyone who was in need, giving them a.job even if there was no openings. The Trips had a triple wedding about a year ago. Hannah and Sara married doctors who were best friends and Sam married a exchange student he met in college.
Family Blessings is a story about loss, miscommunication, love, hate and secrets. It is an excellent read as all Fern Michaels books are. I hope you enjoy it as much as.I did.
Fern Michaels always writes wonderful books, this one included. Ms. Michael's characters are very quirky in this one. The triplets, Sam, Hannah, & Sara are known by all as the Trips. They were raised by their grandma who they call Cisco and their dad, Jonathon after their mom died while they were young. They were raised to depend on reach other, they didn't need any anyone else, they played, studied, went to the same college together. Their Grandma Cisco was the matriarch of the family and also the founder of a large candy company, that she retired from and let her son and the Trips take over running. Most of the town was employed at the candy company and were thankful to Cisco for taking care of anyone who was in need, giving them a.job even if there was no openings. The Trips had a triple wedding about a year ago. Hannah and Sara married doctors who were best friends and Sam married a exchange student he met in college.
Family Blessings is a story about loss, miscommunication, love, hate and secrets. It is an excellent read as all Fern Michaels books are. I hope you enjoy it as much as.I did.
November 16, 2020
I thought I was getting a story about Christmas holidays ....what a disappointment ....I have loved all of Fern Michael’s books I’ve read up to this point ...always a nice fluff break from the Baldacci, Cook, Patterson, DeMille gripping stories ,...this one...not so much..,dragged on and on with a bunch of “whiners” about what is wrong with life they have been given by circumstances, people jumping to conclusions that destroy relations until miraculously restored in the last few chapters, adults “punching each other out” instead of talking ... ...sorry I wasted my time on this one...you can tell by how long it took me to read it ....so often I just wanted to stop, but not being a quitter... I dragged myself through it....the structure was poor.....Intro, multiple crisis, last few chapters ...all is well ..characters were soooo stock....as a former high school English teacher for 44 years....I am just too picky I guess.
July 26, 2021
First I want to thank Laural Merlington for always doing such a fantastic job of narrating Fern Michael's books!
Book 2 about the Cisco Family does provide a whole new epic situation for the family, to either split or figure out how to come together. An unexpected tornado - not just because tornados are usually unexpected; but because of where it hit and what it destroyed. Not only does the family fight through their trials, but the town comes together to help each other. Great short, read!
Book 2 about the Cisco Family does provide a whole new epic situation for the family, to either split or figure out how to come together. An unexpected tornado - not just because tornados are usually unexpected; but because of where it hit and what it destroyed. Not only does the family fight through their trials, but the town comes together to help each other. Great short, read!
December 27, 2023
happily ever after
My last Christmas book for this year. I’m just glad it had a happy ever after ending.
The story involves a set of triplets living in a small town each facing a personal crisis in their marriages. For me the story bogged down some with secrets, doubts, accusations, disappointments, misplaced trust, and lack of communication. I was glad when things came to a head and honesty won out.
Did I enjoy the story? For the most part. Would I recommend it to a friend? Yes, but it might not be the first one I would mention. It does leave you feeling good.
My last Christmas book for this year. I’m just glad it had a happy ever after ending.
The story involves a set of triplets living in a small town each facing a personal crisis in their marriages. For me the story bogged down some with secrets, doubts, accusations, disappointments, misplaced trust, and lack of communication. I was glad when things came to a head and honesty won out.
Did I enjoy the story? For the most part. Would I recommend it to a friend? Yes, but it might not be the first one I would mention. It does leave you feeling good.
November 15, 2025
I was so excited to read this book. It was a Fern Michael's book which everyone seems to really like. It was around Thanksgiving so perfect for the season. It was awful. Well maybe the last two chapters weren't that bad but everything else to me was just not good. None of the characters were likeable. They were all so immature, even the grandmother who was probably in her 70s. It was also poorly written and very disjointed. I still have Fern Michael's books on my shelf so want to give her another try. This book just wasn't it for me.
December 6, 2018
I read this book hoping for a nice cozy Christmas book. Like a Hallmark movie in book form. What I got was a ridiculous mess that made no sense and I kind of wish I didn’t finish it. All the characters are caricatures, they have ridiculous problems that could easily be solved with simple discussions, and they get into fist fights with their spouses and siblings. Things that are real problems, like a tornado, are dealt with easily. On top of it all, the only Christmasy part is at the very end.
January 21, 2021
Not as enjoyable as others I’ve read in this Christmas theme. I did get a bit bored and the saga of not knowing what their husbands were up to tended to drag on a bit. Sorry but I really felt this could have been a much better flowing book if the husbands’ secret had just come to light much earlier without all the dramas which did not add to the story. I did enjoy reading about the triplets mum and what she was doing and about her life. That’s why I gave it 2 stars!
November 26, 2024
This story is so weirdly paced. The characters and the writing itself are so incredibly childish that it was difficult for me to read. I mean, fist fighting your siblings and spouses? How about every punch you throw breaks someone's nose?? I finished it, but I said it was stupid whenever I put it down, which was often. I wonder if this was a beginner book for this prolific, otherwise wonderful author. I won't judge her by this one.
Feeling generous....
2 ☆'s... Don't bother
Feeling generous....
2 ☆'s... Don't bother
December 19, 2024
Another great book
I absolutely loved this book and read it in one sitting. The upcoming holiday season is not going well for the Cisco family. Cisco, the grandmother, has just lost her beloved home in a tornado, and looks backward and helping others rebuild. Her beloved grandchildren, triplets, are also facing crisises in their lives. Can they all forget the hurts of the past and forge futures? Will they get their lives back under control or will they all lose?
I absolutely loved this book and read it in one sitting. The upcoming holiday season is not going well for the Cisco family. Cisco, the grandmother, has just lost her beloved home in a tornado, and looks backward and helping others rebuild. Her beloved grandchildren, triplets, are also facing crisises in their lives. Can they all forget the hurts of the past and forge futures? Will they get their lives back under control or will they all lose?
December 8, 2017
Wow where do I begin. I have read many books by this author and I am very disappointed in this book this was her worst book I’ve ever read. The characters were horrible very disappointed in the storyline so unrealistic none of the spouses ever communicated with each other just a very negative storyline and the ending was rushed. Don’t waste your time.
December 29, 2017
Ugghh. I had a hard time getting through this one. I thought the two couples and Sam were incredibly stupid. Just talk already! Sam was all over the place, first furious with people, then acting like he fixed all of their troubles by reconnecting with an old friend. They all needed to learn how to treat people with respect.
July 25, 2018
Family Blessings
This was a charming story although it didn’t start off that way. I was wondering who the two ladies were that the doctors were referring to, but it didn’t seem that they were cheating on their wives. Wow! Those two sisters & their sister-in-law really did a number on their hubbies. It was a comfortable small town story, & I’m glad all turned out well.
This was a charming story although it didn’t start off that way. I was wondering who the two ladies were that the doctors were referring to, but it didn’t seem that they were cheating on their wives. Wow! Those two sisters & their sister-in-law really did a number on their hubbies. It was a comfortable small town story, & I’m glad all turned out well.
December 17, 2019
This is a simple and quick read. The primary characters includ a set of triplets whose marital lives are chaotic, their grandmother who owns a candy business centered in a small town and the father who realizes that the business is not his choice of life work. It's a light read that can be completed in an afternoon.
December 11, 2025
Blessings
A great read! It's so important to communicate and this is emphasized in this book. Love is a blessing, but it must be nurtured, not watered with secrets and misunderstanding. Families are good, but it must be remembered that each person in the family is an individual. I recommend this to everyone to read.
A great read! It's so important to communicate and this is emphasized in this book. Love is a blessing, but it must be nurtured, not watered with secrets and misunderstanding. Families are good, but it must be remembered that each person in the family is an individual. I recommend this to everyone to read.
December 27, 2021
The storyline and people's reactions to events felt very unrealistic. That, combined with Sonia's and Sara's names getting mixed up and two different spellings of Sara/Sarah, conveyed to me that not a lot of editing or attention to detail was involved in this book. Didn't really like it much.
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