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No Longer Needed
Emma Jenkins has spent the last two decades raising her children and taking care of her husband. She quit culinary school in order to give more of herself to her family. Now the kids are on their own and her husband surprises her with a divorce. For the first time in many years, Emma doesn’t know what she’s going to do with the rest of her life. Her best friend tries to help, but can only do so much. Emma is forty-five and feels like she’s no longer needed by anyone.
While trying to pick up the pieces of her life, she discovers that her husband is not only trying to get rid of her, but wants to take her little Greek house, an inheritance from her grandfather, with him.
On what feels like her worst day, she meets Crispin, a lawyer, who offers to help her in exchange for only one thing. An invite to the Greek house, once he secures it for her in the divorce. Emma struggles with her attraction for Crispin, not liking what he represents.
Emma unwillingly gets thrust onto a journey of self-worth where she has to discover if she is no longer needed after all.
While trying to pick up the pieces of her life, she discovers that her husband is not only trying to get rid of her, but wants to take her little Greek house, an inheritance from her grandfather, with him.
On what feels like her worst day, she meets Crispin, a lawyer, who offers to help her in exchange for only one thing. An invite to the Greek house, once he secures it for her in the divorce. Emma struggles with her attraction for Crispin, not liking what he represents.
Emma unwillingly gets thrust onto a journey of self-worth where she has to discover if she is no longer needed after all.
296 pages, Kindle Edition
First published November 1, 2013
About the author
Brenda Grate
5 books7 followersBrenda Grate is an author, herbalist, ghostwriter, and book designer who lives in the Mani peninsula of southern Greece. Her latest book, The Mediterranean Herbalist: Stories and Herbal Remedies from Italy and Greece, grew out of years spent learning the plants, traditions, and everyday remedies of the Mediterranean.
She has published four novels and spent more than twenty years writing for others, including more than fifteen nonfiction books as a ghostwriter.
Her stories tend to start in ordinary places: gardens and village kitchens, trains and mountain roads, and the people and animals who wander in through an open door. She is now writing You, Me, and Kiki, a literary travel memoir about Italy, Greece, belonging, and the extraordinary life tucked inside an ordinary one.
She has published four novels and spent more than twenty years writing for others, including more than fifteen nonfiction books as a ghostwriter.
Her stories tend to start in ordinary places: gardens and village kitchens, trains and mountain roads, and the people and animals who wander in through an open door. She is now writing You, Me, and Kiki, a literary travel memoir about Italy, Greece, belonging, and the extraordinary life tucked inside an ordinary one.
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June 19, 2013
A very nice romance. A change of pace for me. I loved the characters, Connie, Jen and Emma. After being married over 20 years, Emma's husband is asking for a divorce and wants everything including her inheritance. I loved the exploration of Greek. I wanted to read more on Connie and Rick and also Jen and Demetrius. It was a nice story.
May 17, 2013
Splendidly written, enthralling book. Must-read!
May 1, 2014
Good book.
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