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The Oak Tree
One woman with a second chance to do everything right...
Andie Preston is living on her own terms. Without her well-established husband or his powerful family connections. Without the familiar landscape of her hometown and reliable support from people close to her. Without a dark cloud of illness looming over her raven-haired head. Intent on shedding a past filled with lies, fear, and heartache, she relocates to the South Carolina coast. And with a new career, her own home, and a second chance to do everything right, Andie soon realizes each painful step toward freedom carries her closer to the life she fought to preserve and a love once believed impossible.
Andie Preston is living on her own terms. Without her well-established husband or his powerful family connections. Without the familiar landscape of her hometown and reliable support from people close to her. Without a dark cloud of illness looming over her raven-haired head. Intent on shedding a past filled with lies, fear, and heartache, she relocates to the South Carolina coast. And with a new career, her own home, and a second chance to do everything right, Andie soon realizes each painful step toward freedom carries her closer to the life she fought to preserve and a love once believed impossible.
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248 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 24, 2013
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Jodi LaPalm
12 books33 followersCancer survivor. Martini enthusiast. Writer of inspired fiction.
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September 6, 2017
This was a fast and easy read, not morose in any sense as the protagonist is recovering from cancer. I realize that the author has had her own bouts with cancer as well, which made it seem more realistic somehow. The fact that she has experienced the gamut of physical and emotional side effects undoubtedly assisted the author with the expressions the protagonist herself is expressing in dealing with her own issues.
This opens in a light vein with two gal friends having drinks in a bar and assessing their futures. Meet Andie Preston, cancer free, taking on a new job in a new town, leaving her un-supportive, pompous husband behind, and his wealthy politically-ambitious family. Andie is not a whiner, but naturally she has moments of reflections as to what she's been through. She realizes that she will always be looking over her shoulder, so to speak, at the fear of cancer following her into the future. She is determined not to feel sorry for herself, and doesn't, and to show the world what she can do and does just that.
It's nice to read a novel that shows the strength in women, what they can accomplish and that there are indeed good men to hold you up when you need a shoulder. Not all men are self-centered idiots like her husband was. Readers who like women's domestic fiction will enjoy this uplifting story.
This opens in a light vein with two gal friends having drinks in a bar and assessing their futures. Meet Andie Preston, cancer free, taking on a new job in a new town, leaving her un-supportive, pompous husband behind, and his wealthy politically-ambitious family. Andie is not a whiner, but naturally she has moments of reflections as to what she's been through. She realizes that she will always be looking over her shoulder, so to speak, at the fear of cancer following her into the future. She is determined not to feel sorry for herself, and doesn't, and to show the world what she can do and does just that.
It's nice to read a novel that shows the strength in women, what they can accomplish and that there are indeed good men to hold you up when you need a shoulder. Not all men are self-centered idiots like her husband was. Readers who like women's domestic fiction will enjoy this uplifting story.
October 2, 2017
Great read
Characters well defined, realistic plot. Enjoyed the heroine's journey. Kindle version needs to be edited more carefully, only minor errors, but they are there.
Characters well defined, realistic plot. Enjoyed the heroine's journey. Kindle version needs to be edited more carefully, only minor errors, but they are there.
August 30, 2017
a view of life from the standpoint of a cancer survivor
August 26, 2016
Good
this book is one that tells how a woman who is recovering from cancer changes her life.she learns to depend on herself.
this book is one that tells how a woman who is recovering from cancer changes her life.she learns to depend on herself.
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