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The Andersens #10
Always
Livia Andersen was a woman who held her family together with a quiet smile and an iron will. It’s only been months since her death and the four children she leaves behind continue to grapple with the shifting changes in their lives now that she’s gone. But they are not alone in their grief. And secrets she kept carefully guarded for years have been revealed. Now it is not just her children who must come to accept that not everything in life will remain as it once was. Among those is the grandchild she kept secret…and safe.
Noah Andersen is on his way to meet the daughter he never knew he had until recently…not until after the death of his mother. He had understood immediately Livia Andersen’s reasons for keeping her existence a secret from him…from everyone...in the beginning. He has yet to understand why she continued with the secrecy in later years.
Noah knows that the coming days won’t be easy. His mother was a huge presence in the life of the child she spent years protecting. In many ways she filled the role he had been unable to. No one knows better than he that his mother’s place in his daughter’s life is irreplaceable.
The Andersen Saga is a story of family. It is a story about joy and loss, hope and sorrow, betrayal and regrets, unconditional forgiveness, high expectations, and unwavering loyalty. It reminds that at the heart of who we are is the family we come from, the family who stands behind and beside us and at times against us. And who we become isn’t just a result of those still with us but those too that we’ve lost along the way. It is about the twist and turns every family deals with, the conflicts from within, and the never ending desire for acceptance and respect.
Always is the tenth book in the ongoing Andersen Family Saga. Other books in the Andersen Family Saga include Betrayal, Resolute, Broken, Found, Choices, Regrets, Remember, Forgiven, and Truths.
The Andersen Family Saga is a series of novellas, classified by Amazon as Short Reads. If you love sitting down with a novella style book you will enjoy the Andersen Family Saga series. These books fall between the forty-five minute to two hours reading time category of Amazon “Short Reads.”
Noah Andersen is on his way to meet the daughter he never knew he had until recently…not until after the death of his mother. He had understood immediately Livia Andersen’s reasons for keeping her existence a secret from him…from everyone...in the beginning. He has yet to understand why she continued with the secrecy in later years.
Noah knows that the coming days won’t be easy. His mother was a huge presence in the life of the child she spent years protecting. In many ways she filled the role he had been unable to. No one knows better than he that his mother’s place in his daughter’s life is irreplaceable.
The Andersen Saga is a story of family. It is a story about joy and loss, hope and sorrow, betrayal and regrets, unconditional forgiveness, high expectations, and unwavering loyalty. It reminds that at the heart of who we are is the family we come from, the family who stands behind and beside us and at times against us. And who we become isn’t just a result of those still with us but those too that we’ve lost along the way. It is about the twist and turns every family deals with, the conflicts from within, and the never ending desire for acceptance and respect.
Always is the tenth book in the ongoing Andersen Family Saga. Other books in the Andersen Family Saga include Betrayal, Resolute, Broken, Found, Choices, Regrets, Remember, Forgiven, and Truths.
The Andersen Family Saga is a series of novellas, classified by Amazon as Short Reads. If you love sitting down with a novella style book you will enjoy the Andersen Family Saga series. These books fall between the forty-five minute to two hours reading time category of Amazon “Short Reads.”
- GenresFiction
86 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 17, 2016
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About the author
Jacie Middlemann
367 books160 followersI fell in love with books when I was in the 4th grade and my free period was spent volunteering in the school library. I read every Nancy Drew book there was to check out, discovered collections of myths and fairy tales from around the world, Louisa May Alcott and C.S. Lewis, and decided I wanted my own library. By the end of that summer with the supplies our school librarian graciously provided me my books had due date slips, card pockets, book cards, and black electrical tape on the spine with the first three letters of the author's last name. I still have most of those books.
In the hope she could get me involved in something else my mother gave me a camera. Right around the same time my father told me I could use his typewriter when he wasn't using it. The typewriter won. We shared his typewriter but I also filled notebooks with stories scribbled before school, after school, and often when I was supposed to be asleep. Thanks to my mother, who saved just about every single one of those notebooks, I still have them as well.
Several years ago my father gave me his typewriter…the same one we shared all those summers ago. Every time I look at it I remember the young 4th grade girl who was quietly encouraged to do what she loved…and years later reminded with a box filled with notebooks crammed full of handwritten stories and dreams.
And it’s still not unheard of that I stay up way later than I should with a good book that’s just impossible to put down.
In the hope she could get me involved in something else my mother gave me a camera. Right around the same time my father told me I could use his typewriter when he wasn't using it. The typewriter won. We shared his typewriter but I also filled notebooks with stories scribbled before school, after school, and often when I was supposed to be asleep. Thanks to my mother, who saved just about every single one of those notebooks, I still have them as well.
Several years ago my father gave me his typewriter…the same one we shared all those summers ago. Every time I look at it I remember the young 4th grade girl who was quietly encouraged to do what she loved…and years later reminded with a box filled with notebooks crammed full of handwritten stories and dreams.
And it’s still not unheard of that I stay up way later than I should with a good book that’s just impossible to put down.
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May 16, 2022
The right time is important when to reveal the truth, even when it after a death.
Olivia Anderson knew a secret and she kept it from her son. After her death she had left her best friend to let Noah in on the secret. He finds out he has a daughter who is twenty years old! What will he do with this knowledge? You must read and find out what happens.
Olivia Anderson knew a secret and she kept it from her son. After her death she had left her best friend to let Noah in on the secret. He finds out he has a daughter who is twenty years old! What will he do with this knowledge? You must read and find out what happens.
February 5, 2023
A slow, but interesting read. The saga continues. Noah meets with all his kids, including Noelle whom he hadn't known. There's even a short visit by Aunt Patty and Pamela. As I haven't read many memoirs, I'm uncertain, but this might fall into a similar style. Being episodic, it seems like it will continue.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Unpredictable. Wonderful characters.
Easy-to-read. Entertaining. Unpredictable. Wonderful characters.
March 8, 2018
Repairing
Noah meets his daughter Noelle and asks Katie to marry him again. Pamela comes for a visit and seems happy. Jacie Middleman covered all feeling in The Andersen Saga series. One thing that is clear in each story is that a mother's love lives on long after her death.
Noah meets his daughter Noelle and asks Katie to marry him again. Pamela comes for a visit and seems happy. Jacie Middleman covered all feeling in The Andersen Saga series. One thing that is clear in each story is that a mother's love lives on long after her death.
December 12, 2018
The story continues
I love being able to follow the family's life in this series. They take on real life situations and handle them so well. Characters are well defined and stay that same way through out the books
I love being able to follow the family's life in this series. They take on real life situations and handle them so well. Characters are well defined and stay that same way through out the books
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