Necessary Changes

by Mary Kay McComas

Sometimes it takes half a lifetime to realize the one you love was there all alongYoung Livy Hubbard and Brian Carowack meet on the playground in Tolford, Tennessee, in 1956. Livy is cocooned in a world of wealth and privilege. Brian comes from a broken home and grows up poor. The years pass, and they go their separate ways—Livy to an Ivy League university, where she becomes an active part of the groundbreaking sixties—Brian to college on a basketball scholarship, only to drop out sophomore year. In spite of their divergent lives, they always stay in touch.And then one fateful day, their parallel worlds come together again.  A novel that journeys across three decades, from Tennessee to California to New York, Necessary Changes is about friendship, second chances, and becoming older and wiser. It is about the decisions that shape our lives and about the courage to change—both ourselves and the future.  This ebook features an extended biography of Mary Kay McComas.

385 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2001

About the author

Mary Kay McComas is an acclaimed romance novelist and the author of twenty-one short contemporary romances, five novellas, and two novels. McComas has received numerous honors and prizes for her work, including the Washington Romance Writers’ Outstanding Achievement Award and two Career Achievement Awards from Romantic Times (one for Best New Novel and another for Most Innovative Romance Series). She has recently contributed to Nora Roberts’s J. D. Robb fantasy anthologies, with highly praised paranormal romance stories. McComas and her family live in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

Reviews

[Linda Adams]

So much more than a romance!

This is the first book I've read from this author. Knowing people with port wine birthmarks, I had empathy for Emily from the start. Watching these characters develop over years was a joy. Their lifetime mirrors my own. This book was sad,poignant, joyful and funny... And full of Love.

[Linda (NOT RECEIVING NOTIFICATIONS)]

*2.5 stars*

[Joan Horkey]

I really enjoyed this book. Somewhat predictable, but thoughtful and sweet.

[Trena]

Enjoyed reading this book. I found it in the bookcase. Very good reading and story until the end. I didn't care for the summation near the end....but then it ended well. A good read!

[Carlene Renner]

very good but a bit sleazy