Crime patrol 2020 epi 110 season 2. From the acclaimed author of Splinters of Light and Pack Up the Moon comes a beautiful novel about two very different women who are about to get a second chance at creating a family.After her husband dies unexpectedly, Abby Roberts comes across something startling: wedding photographs of him with another woman, along with pictures of a baby boy. Shocked, Abby does From the acclaimed author of Splinters of Light and Pack Up the Moon comes a beautiful novel about two very different women who are about to get a second chance at creating a family.After her husband dies unexpectedly, Abby Roberts comes across something startling: wedding photographs of him with another woman, along with pictures of a baby boy. Shocked, Abby does something utterly impulsive: She embarks on a journey to discover the family her husband apparently left behind.Money has always been tight for single mom Fern Reyes, and never tighter than now. But this month, in place of a child-support check, her ex's pretty, privileged wife appears on her doorstep with far too many questions.

Unfortunately, her young son is so taken with Abby that Fern doesn’t have the heart to send her away.What begins as one woman’s search for truth becomes a deep bond forged between the unlikeliest of people, and the discovery that there are many ways to make a family—as long as you take care.CONVERSATION GUIDE INCLUDED. Abby Roberts is beyond infuriated when she discovers that her husband, Scott, had a vasectomy after she had three miscarriages. After uttering four words to him, he slams into the bathroom when Abby hears a crash and then silence. Ten minutes later, Scott is dead, the victim of a massive heart attack.

The feelings that race through Abbys heart and head in the days that follow defy description.Imagine her shock anew when she finds pictures that reveal Scott was once married to Fern and had a son, Abby Roberts is beyond infuriated when she discovers that her husband, Scott, had a vasectomy after she had three miscarriages. After uttering four words to him, he slams into the bathroom when Abby hears a crash and then silence. Ten minutes later, Scott is dead, the victim of a massive heart attack. The feelings that race through Abby’s heart and head in the days that follow defy description.Imagine her shock anew when she finds pictures that reveal Scott was once married to Fern and had a son, Mattie. So she does what very few women would have done; she sets out to Fern’s home. The initial reception is cool and awkward indeed, ending with an invitation to Fern and Mattie to attend Scotts funeral and cremation. Here begins a story fraught with ambivalence, suspicion, anger, neediness, rejection and acceptance.Fern drives a public bus for a living but can barely pay her bills and now without Scott’s child support she’s in a desperate situation.

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She has overwhelmingly mixed feelings about Abby and surely doesn’t understand why Abby wants to get to know Mattie better. Mattie, however, gradually will warm up to Abby, but Fern is determined that Abby will never have her son’s total loyalty and devotion as much as she does.The essence of this unusual story is the tormented journey both Abby and Fern must experience that is really more about grieving for Scott and the past and learning to trust again. Abby seems a more generous, forgiving character but she also is financially safe enough that she’s not as worn out with fear and apprehension about the future. Both women have been betrayed and still have feelings for Scott which they must work through. Eventually, the bond they forge is unbreakable and both become open to new possibilities with men and their place in the larger work world.Rachel Herron does a superb job of crafting a tense, volatile story with just enough tenderness to keep both women from eternal bitterness, choosing instead to embrace trust.

It’s about allowing relationships that normally would never develop to go where they must. Romance, mystery and hope will rule the day after one can let go of the past enough to bloom like those flowers and plants that Abby so naturally grows and nurtures into birth. Very nicely done, Rachel Herron! Abby is a new widow, with somewhat conflicted feelings.

She had recently discovered that after her third miscarriage, Scott had had a vasectomy, while continuing to pretend they were seriously trying for a child. Feeling hurt and betrayed, she had just told him she wanted a divorce.He walked away, went into the bathroom, and died of an aneurysm.Fern is a struggling single mother of an eleven-year-old boy. Her husband, Matty's father, left her, simply left without a word, a couple of hours after Abby is a new widow, with somewhat conflicted feelings. She had recently discovered that after her third miscarriage, Scott had had a vasectomy, while continuing to pretend they were seriously trying for a child. Feeling hurt and betrayed, she had just told him she wanted a divorce.He walked away, went into the bathroom, and died of an aneurysm.Fern is a struggling single mother of an eleven-year-old boy. Her husband, Matty's father, left her, simply left without a word, a couple of hours after Matty was born.

She works as a bus driver, and scrimps to pay the mortgage on her home. Her ex's father, Wyatt, chose his grandson over his son, and he and his girlfriend Elva live with her and Matty, and pay rent, which helps make ends meet. The checks her ex has been sending also make a significant difference.Fern's ex was Abby's husband, Scott.Abby didn't know Fern and Matty existed; she finds out going through Scott's papers after his death. Scott had also told her that his father was dead.And Abby feels guilty and angry that Scott left everything to her and nothing to his son and ex-wife, while Fern resents anything that even vaguely looks like charity.Abby and Fern are in for a rocky ride over the next few months, coping with Scott's death, his lies, and their mutual discovery of each other.

Abby still badly wants a family; Fern jealously guards the safety and privacy of her own little family.This is an interesting, complicated, thoroughly modern family, finding its way to healing as both women are broken out of their comfort zones and forced to deal not only with each other, but with their separate insecurities. I found it very compelling.Recommended.I received a free electronic galley of this book from the publisher via NetGalley. 'The Ones Who Matter Most' is the story of Abby who wants freedom from her husband.

When he dies suddenly, Abby realizes how much she didn't know about him and how much he had hidden. He had an entire family that Abby knew nothing about. Fern and Matias were abandoned and have always been jealous of the other woman: Abby. When Abby forcible inserts herself into their lives, they are shaken.

This is a story of family and secrets. Sometimes family is not the ones we are born with but the ones we 'The Ones Who Matter Most' is the story of Abby who wants freedom from her husband.

When he dies suddenly, Abby realizes how much she didn't know about him and how much he had hidden. He had an entire family that Abby knew nothing about.

Fern and Matias were abandoned and have always been jealous of the other woman: Abby. When Abby forcible inserts herself into their lives, they are shaken. This is a story of family and secrets. Sometimes family is not the ones we are born with but the ones we make.Those in this book are put into some unthinkable circumstances. I loved both of the women main characters in this book: Abby and Fern.

They are both very different. Abby is sort of a shrinking violet who doesn't have a lot of confidence.

Fern is incredibly strong. These women will create a lot of friction between them. I loved how we see them change throughout the book.

It was so interesting to see them go from butting heads to finding peace.I was so intrigued by the story of these two families. The author does a really good job of giving us a lot of good detail about the characters without an information dump. I loved getting to know these characters. They will definitely stick with me for a really long time! I got so sucked into their story and could not wait to see how it all ended!

In the hands of a lesser storyteller, Fern and Abby would be sterotypes whose love for the same man would be a cliche. What Rachael Herron does with the story of Abby and Fern is to show us conflicted, edgy characters who might never have met had Scott not died right after Abby told him she wanted a divorce.

No, he had not been cheating on Abby - at least, not in the usual way. By having a vasectomy in secret, and refusing to adopt, he had cheated her of the child she desperately desired.Abby's In the hands of a lesser storyteller, Fern and Abby would be sterotypes whose love for the same man would be a cliche. What Rachael Herron does with the story of Abby and Fern is to show us conflicted, edgy characters who might never have met had Scott not died right after Abby told him she wanted a divorce. No, he had not been cheating on Abby - at least, not in the usual way.

By having a vasectomy in secret, and refusing to adopt, he had cheated her of the child she desperately desired.Abby's grief is burdened with additional shock when she goes through her husband's papers and learns that he had been married before, to Fern, and they had a son whom he has been supporting.She and Fern do not meet cute. In fact, the reader despairs for both women - the struggling mother whose eccentric extended family (including Scott's father!) depends on her, and the grieving, lonely widow.

Caught in the middle is Matty, whose talent and need for a stable family helps to break down the barriers between the women.I loved the the blended family that Fern struggles to protect, and I loved Abby's basic generosity. Better yet - the plot includes knitting! Always a winner for me. I'd love to meet these characters again. Highly recommended.

Thank you for the ARC, Goodreads! The Ones Who Matter Most is a perfect book club book.

There is so much I want to discuss here.The characters relationship is interesting. Fern is raising a child on her own and then poof the boys fathers new wife appears in their life. Abby, the exs new wife, and Matty, the son, start a relationship with Ferns knowledge. It is a weird triangle that works well for everyone. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop.

There was no way a relationship like that would work, except it did. Their The Ones Who Matter Most is a perfect book club book.

There is so much I want to discuss here.The characters relationship is interesting. Fern is raising a child on her own and then poof the boy’s father’s new wife appears in their life. Abby, the ex’s new wife, and Matty, the son, start a relationship with Fern’s knowledge. It is a weird triangle that works well for everyone. I kept waiting for the other shoe to drop. There was no way a relationship like that would work, except it did.

Their friendship made sense in a weird unique kind of way.The storyline was amazing. I started the book, I read the words as fast as I could, and I just couldn’t stop turning the pages. The Ones Who Matter Most is phenomenal. It is a complicated blended family story. The characters are pushed to make things work for the happiness of a child. The child pulls the adults together and makes them act like adults. Rachael Herron has always written amazing stories and this one is no exception.

I definitely recommend checking it out. Took this book along with me on a business trip which gave me lots of airport and airplane time to read. I finished the book before the last flight segment. The only hard part was keeping my tears in check while on the airplane. I hate to make a spectacle of myself in public.

I really liked this book. The characters really rang true. The relationships seemed plausible. The kids acted like kids and the adults acted like adults. The families acted like families.

And that's what the book was really Took this book along with me on a business trip which gave me lots of airport and airplane time to read. I finished the book before the last flight segment. The only hard part was keeping my tears in check while on the airplane. I hate to make a spectacle of myself in public. I really liked this book. The characters really rang true.

The relationships seemed plausible. The kids acted like kids and the adults acted like adults. The families acted like families. And that's what the book was really about, where you find and how you create your family. For one woman, due to her background and her losses, she put up strong boundaries around the family she had. She had more than enough love for her family, but not enough to let anyone else in (or so she thought). The other woman so desperately wanted a family of her own that she came to equate lack of immediate relatives to some deficiency in her character.

How these two women come together and how they become family is a really great journey and a great book. In this novel, yet again, Rachael Herron has written about characters who are so three-dimensional that the reader is left bereft when the novel ends-I wanted to get to know them even more, to follow them further along their journeys! She is the queen of character, is what I'm trying to say. The characters are flawed, sometimes angry and ugly in their feelings, sometimes generous, compassionate and beautiful. You know, the way humans are. The story gripped me, and I felt such anguish and hope In this novel, yet again, Rachael Herron has written about characters who are so three-dimensional that the reader is left bereft when the novel ends-I wanted to get to know them even more, to follow them further along their journeys!

She is the queen of character, is what I'm trying to say. The characters are flawed, sometimes angry and ugly in their feelings, sometimes generous, compassionate and beautiful. You know, the way humans are. The story gripped me, and I felt such anguish and hope throughout.

This book is about love, family, and trust, and I am so grateful it exists! I really enjoyed this book. I adore the 'found family' trope, especially when the characters are all as wonderful as these characters are. It's a very sweet, heart-warming story, and although I wish the epilogue had dealt more with whether Abby was able to bring the baby to term and to get a glimpse into how she and Diego and Fern and Matty dealt with the new addition to their lives if she had , I suppose the ambiguous ending allows me to come up with my own ending, I really enjoyed this book. I adore the 'found family' trope, especially when the characters are all as wonderful as these characters are.

It's a very sweet, heart-warming story, and although I wish the epilogue had dealt more with whether Abby was able to bring the baby to term and to get a glimpse into how she and Diego and Fern and Matty dealt with the new addition to their lives if she had , I suppose the ambiguous ending allows me to come up with my own ending, and I choose the happy one.:)I can't wait to try another of this writer's works! This is my second Rachael Herron book and I'm becoming quite the fan. The first book of Herrons I read, SPLINTERS OF LIGHT, was one I really enjoyed, covering the delicate topic of Early Onset Alzheimers.THE ONES WHO MATTER MOST will likely be a favorite of 2016 for me. Herron takes a story with an interesting plot and engages the reader from nearly the first page. This tale of friendship didnt happen easily but the end result will have you grabbing a Kleenex and wishing you could have friends This is my second Rachael Herron book and I'm becoming quite the fan. The first book of Herron’s I read, SPLINTERS OF LIGHT, was one I really enjoyed, covering the delicate topic of Early Onset Alzheimers.THE ONES WHO MATTER MOST will likely be a favorite of 2016 for me.

Herron takes a story with an interesting plot and engages the reader from nearly the first page. This tale of friendship didn’t happen easily but the end result will have you grabbing a Kleenex and wishing you could have friends like Abby and Fern.After her doctor lets it slip that her husband got a vasectomy behind her back, Abby decides it is time to get a divorce. Abby feels betrayed after months of trying to have a baby with no results. When Scott returns home from work, Abby tells him their marriage is over. He seems to be unaffected and goes upstairs to get ready for bed.

What Abby finds instead, is her husband lying dead on the floor. In the ensuing days and weeks, Abby tries to understand her grief and despair over a husband she no longer wanted. She tries to grasp the idea of a lonely life ahead for her. With both her parents gone and a sister who died before she was even born, she truly has no family. Even though she has plenty of friends and her mom’s best friend, Kathleen, as an amazing mother figure, she feels alone.

While going through her deceased husband’s desk, she finds a box full of photos of a woman and child she does not know. Her search reveals something so shocking about her husband that she must find the woman and child to know the whole truth.Fern has been doing everything she can to get by while raising her son, Matty, and taking care of Elva and her father-in-law, Wyatt. Her salary as a city bus driver barely covers their expenses and she is one disaster away from losing everything she has worked so hard to establish. Then Abby shows up on her doorstep and Fern's life is turned upside down. Fern is a stubborn, independent, Hispanic single mother who isn't about to let a rich, skinny, white girl into her family's life.

Herron creates conversations and characters so vividly that you can picture them in your mind while reading. There is a vast difference in the community that Fern lives in and Abby’s much more posh lifestyle. Their complete separation of class and culture makes it nearly impossible for them to see each other as anything but the enemy.

But, as fate intervenes and walls crumble, Fern sees that keeping Abby out of their life isn’t in any of their best interests. Forces beyond her control show her that the definition of family isn't as narrow as she originally thought.I haven’t read a story where I felt this engaged and invested in some time. I found myself truly frustrated over the character’s choices and emotional over others. I was a little put off by Herron’s racy details and felt they were unnecessary, but it seems that the explicit descriptions are the trend for today’s readers.As you can imagine, Herron creates multi-dimensional characters that struggle, have fears, make bad decisions, have regrets, and forgive. They love hard and are hard to love.

Both Abby and Fern are successful, strong, and independent in many ways, while weak and needy in others. Their friendship builds and crashes and rebuilds over the chapters and what develops is truly something I didn't predict. Even the secondary characters of Matty, Wyatt, and Fern’s brother, Diego, give depth to the story with compelling and honest reactions to Abby and Fern's choices. Herron's novel cultivates a friendship between two very unlikely sources. It’s messy and awkward and scary, but it will change your view of what it truly means to be part of a family.Favorite Quote:'It ached so much, opening like this.Her chest creaked with it, and it was hard to remember the combinationto open the locks she'd put around her heart.'

Previously reviewed on:I have a sneaky love for books about women who are flung together by the actions of a man who wronged them, but then go on to work together and forge a new unit. I also like books that show how it is possible to choose your family as well as your friends, no matter that popular sayings might tell us otherwise. This book achieves both.Abby is planning to leave her husband. Not because hes feckless or conventionally unfaithful to her Previously reviewed on:I have a sneaky love for books about women who are flung together by the actions of a man who wronged them, but then go on to work together and forge a new unit.

I also like books that show how it is possible to choose your family as well as your friends, no matter that popular sayings might tell us otherwise. This book achieves both.Abby is planning to leave her husband. Not because he’s feckless or conventionally unfaithful – to her knowledge – but because he’s lied to her about the issue closest to her heart.

Abby has always wanted a family, preferably by biological means, but having miscarried several times, she’s prepared to opt for adoption. When he tries to talk her out of that plan, she decides to see if another pregnancy will be luckier than her previous ones – only to discover that he’s had a vasectomy without telling her. Abby confronts her husband; he storms out – and then drops dead from a heart attack.Abby finds herself grieving for the man she was about to turn her back on, but when she starts clearing out his desk she discovers that he’d been married before, and has been paying child support for a son Abby never knew existed. Determined to clear up the mystery of yet another lie, Abby tracks down the woman, Fern, her son, Matty, and the father-in-law she’d always been told had died years before – plus a whole host of other people who aren’t quite family but might become one to her.Abby and Fern come from very different backgrounds to each other, but I found it hard at times to connect to either of them. We’re told at various points how much Fern earns, and how much Abby is prepared to pay for various jobs she needs done – and also the amount of life insurance due to come to her – but none of the figures equated to anything I understand about what stuff costs. I just couldn’t seem to make the currency or background conversions in my head.

Which is a shame, because other than that, I really enjoyed the story.The characters are very well drawn, and their troubles – other than those involving actual sums of money – feel very real to me. I like the way people around Abby and Fern are drawn into their lives or force their way in against others’ better judgement. And Matty’s science project and his description of how everything came together are utterly delightful.An author I’ll be keeping an eye out for in future.

Originally reviewed atThe plot in The Ones Who Matter Most held some surprises from the beginning with Abbys relationship with her husband and I really liked the strength that Rachael Herron strove for in her characters from the start. Abby was a woman who knew her mind, she may have been slightly nervous but her heart was certainly telling her that her marriage was over- she just wasnt expecting any of the things that happened next.I immediately liked Abby, she was obviously Originally reviewed atThe plot in The Ones Who Matter Most held some surprises from the beginning with Abby’s relationship with her husband and I really liked the strength that Rachael Herron strove for in her characters from the start. Abby was a woman who knew her mind, she may have been slightly nervous but her heart was certainly telling her that her marriage was over- she just wasn’t expecting any of the things that happened next.I immediately liked Abby, she was obviously intelligent and determined but she was also a little bit flaky on daily life and organisation and her quirks made me warm to her. By contrast it took me a touch longer to warm to Fern as her very nature was a bit stand-off’ish.

As her story comes out through the novel you can see why she’s guarded and careful. The link between the two women, though somewhat obvious, was actually still a surprise to me! I loved the way the author had Abby discover the relationship between Fern and her husband and let each detail out slowly over time. There were so many layers to uncover about their past and then the many intricacies of their becoming friends themselves spread out through the rest of the plot.Each relationship in this book was poignant. The sweet bond between Fern and her son, the fun-loving relationship between Matty’s grandfather and his partner and the way Fern cares for them both, the sibling bond between Fern and her brother the list of beautiful ties goes on and Abby becomes another link in their solid chain.

I loved the intricacies of the bonds created by Rachael Herron.Thank you to Penguin Random House for our review copy. All opinions are our own. Sometimes it is really hard to find the right words for a review. I really enjoyed reading this book. We no more meet Abby when her husband dies.

She had just asked him for a divorce, so she is confused as to what she is feeling. Is it relief? She had really wanted a child with her husband - she felt that would make her family complete. Her parents were gone and she had no siblings. The closest thing she had to family was a surrogate mom, a lady who had been her mom's best friend.

Sometimes it is really hard to find the right words for a review. I really enjoyed reading this book. We no more meet Abby when her husband dies. She had just asked him for a divorce, so she is confused as to what she is feeling. Is it relief? She had really wanted a child with her husband - she felt that would make her family complete. Her parents were gone and she had no siblings.

The closest thing she had to family was a surrogate mom, a lady who had been her mom's best friend. When she discovers what her husband has done to go against their plan for a family is when she asks him for a divorce - and then he dies.Left to sort through his belongings, she discovers a past life that he never shared with her. A wife and child (Fern and Matty) that he never talked about, let alone visited.

All he did was send her a check every month. Abby feels a great need to meet this woman and child. Scott's child - the child she wanted to have.The first meeting is awkward, as you can expect, and it gets worse when she shares the news that Scott has died. For Fern it had been a struggle to raise Matty on her own, and she depended on the monthly check from Scott as much as she despised it. She wants to hate Abby, but realizes that Abby had known nothing about them.

Slowly, with misunderstandings and accidental circumstances, Fern and Abby start to form a friendship.I did really love this book. It was messy.

It was emotional. It was very realistic. There are no cut and dried answers to life - things don't always have a happily ever after - or at least not the happily every after that we expect.

Great book just in time for Mother's Day! I was immediately drawn into this story of two women trying to hold their heads above water. One, Abby, is newly widowed and finds out her husband was hiding another life from her. The other, Fern, drives a city bus to support her young son, ex father-in-law, and an elderly woman who lives with them. Shes not even close to making ends meet so when her monthly check from her ex doesnt arrive she doesnt know what shell do. When Abby finds out about Fern she feels compelled to get to know her.Could I was immediately drawn into this story of two women trying to hold their heads above water.

One, Abby, is newly widowed and finds out her husband was hiding another life from her. The other, Fern, drives a city bus to support her young son, ex father-in-law, and an elderly woman who lives with them.

She’s not even close to making ends meet so when her monthly check from her ex doesn’t arrive she doesn’t know what she’ll do. When Abby finds out about Fern she feels compelled to get to know her.Could these two even be in the same room together – much less, become friends? And what happens when they try? I loved Rachael Herron’s story. Even though the two main characters could be annoying at times I felt enormous sympathy for each woman.

In other words, they were very human. Fern’s eleven-year-old son Matias was so endearing and quite astute in figuring out the adults in his life. The other characters (Fern’s brother, boyfriend, father-in-law and Elva) gave depth to the novel.I loved that Abby was a botanist who carried different flowers, etc in her pocket to get various results, feelings. If only she could figure out what to carry to get the happiness she craved.

If only she believed she deserved it. Fern was a tough nut – she had to be. She would protect her loved ones at all costs and she didn’t want Abby coming in and stealing her family. But one day things changed and Fern was forced to reconsider everything.I think fans of women’s fiction, stories about what makes a family, and Rachael Herron will enjoy this novel as much as I did.I received a review copy in exchange for my honest opinion.

The Ones Who Matter Most was such a good book! I read this in one day because I just had to know what was going to happen with everyone.Abby was such an interesting character. She had a fairly privileged lifestyle, yet seemingly wasn't really affected by it, continuing with her gardening and herbal remedy making. She genuinely cared for people and showed it.Fern, on the other hand, was in my mind, a typical scrapper, someone that has always had to fight for everything she's gotten and works her The Ones Who Matter Most was such a good book! I read this in one day because I just had to know what was going to happen with everyone.Abby was such an interesting character.

She had a fairly privileged lifestyle, yet seemingly wasn't really affected by it, continuing with her gardening and herbal remedy making. She genuinely cared for people and showed it.Fern, on the other hand, was in my mind, a typical scrapper, someone that has always had to fight for everything she's gotten and works her tail off to keep from losing the little progress she's made. She's very caring and giving, yet afraid to open up and let others in.When the two meet, all I could do was read faster, hoping to find out where the story was going. I felt terrible that these two women were left in such a mess by the jerk that they both loved at different points in their lives. The ending was good and even left the door open a crack for maybe a sequel.I hope.Thank you very much to Netgalley, the publishers and Rachael Herron for the complimentary copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review. I really loved this book. I thought all the characters were really interesting.

These were two really strong women who had created lives for themselves and who thought they knew their place in their own life when they suddenly found themselves in a rather unusual situation. Their story and how they each reacted as well as their personal journey of discovery really captured me.

Although a part of me thought it a little implausible at times, the more I came to know Abby and Fern, the more real and I really loved this book. I thought all the characters were really interesting. These were two really strong women who had created lives for themselves and who thought they knew their place in their own life when they suddenly found themselves in a rather unusual situation. Their story and how they each reacted as well as their personal journey of discovery really captured me. Although a part of me thought it a little implausible at times, the more I came to know Abby and Fern, the more real and characteristic their behavior and feelings became. I couldn't wait to read this book every time I had to put it down. I would love to see a sequel of this book but, if there isn't one, I am still glad to have met all the characters and to have read their story.

Check out the full review at Kritters RamblingsTwo women are the focus of the book and when the book begins neither has any clue about the other and soon their lives will be completely intertwined. Abby wants to divorce her husband and when she delivers the news tragedy hits. Fern is a single mom who is barely keeping it together and when Abby enters the picture there may be hope for a better future.There is one aspect of the storyline that I didn't really love, but to avoid spoilers I don't Check out the full review at Kritters RamblingsTwo women are the focus of the book and when the book begins neither has any clue about the other and soon their lives will be completely intertwined. Abby wants to divorce her husband and when she delivers the news tragedy hits. Fern is a single mom who is barely keeping it together and when Abby enters the picture there may be hope for a better future.There is one aspect of the storyline that I didn't really love, but to avoid spoilers I don't want to say much. Abby has a new love enter and I thought it was a little awkward and for some reason it just didn't work for me. It isn't that she had a new love, but who it is - I think that is all I can say without spoiling part of the plot.

This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it,she told her husband she wanted a divorce after 3 miscarriages she found out he got a vasectomy without telling her. He went into the bathroom and had a heart attack and died. She went thru his papers and found out he had a x wife and son he never told hershe went to them and found out they had financial probs, tried to give them the $500,000 life insurance but the mom wouldnt take it. She accidentally got the lady fired from her job when she had a seizure and called 911.

She tried to hire her she told her husband she wanted a divorce after 3 miscarriages she found out he got a vasectomy without telling her. He went into the bathroom and had a heart attack and died. She went thru his papers and found out he had a x wife and son he never told hershe went to them and found out they had financial probs, tried to give them the $500,000 life insurance but the mom wouldnt take it. She accidentally got the lady fired from her job when she had a seizure and called 911.

She tried to hire her to work with her as partners in her herb business, but then she became preg by accident by the ladies brother.you cant tell if she lost the baby or not, the boy got a good report from his project. They all hope to be family. I received a copy of this book through a goodreads giveaway.The story takes us on an emotional journey via the two main characters Abby and Fern. I love that they arent perfect. I love that they have the courage to face their flaws and try to fix the ones that bother them, while accepting the ones that dont. I also love that the story didnt really end in a nice, neat little package. I dont want to give anything away, but the ending left me contemplating not only what could happen to the I received a copy of this book through a goodreads giveaway.The story takes us on an emotional journey via the two main characters – Abby and Fern.

I love that they aren’t perfect. I love that they have the courage to face their flaws and try to fix the ones that bother them, while accepting the ones that don’t. I also love that the story didn’t really end in a nice, neat little package. I don’t want to give anything away, but the ending left me contemplating not only what could happen to the characters in the future, but also contemplating what it means to be family and the impact our choices have on ourselves and our loved ones.This is the first book from this author that I've read, and I most definitely will be reading more in the future.

Rachael Herron has the most amazing ability to weave characters and words together to make stories that touch you in such unexpected ways. I get so pulled in to the journey the characters are taking that I somehow forget that Im not really a part of it. This was the most wonderful story. Abbys character starts as a victim as does Ferns character, albeit in very different ways.

The way they both grow and change over the course of the book is so hopeful and uplifting. I think that is what I like Rachael Herron has the most amazing ability to weave characters and words together to make stories that touch you in such unexpected ways.

I get so pulled in to the journey the characters are taking that I somehow forget that I’m not really a part of it. This was the most wonderful story. Abby’s character starts as a victim as does Fern’s character, albeit in very different ways. The way they both grow and change over the course of the book is so hopeful and uplifting. I think that is what I like most about Rachel Herron’s books and this is one of her best.

Now I want to know what happened to the characters after the book ends.