The Sandpiper Book Review
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family's story of pain, secrets, and love.
The Sandpiper is about three Cameron women. Kate the perfect older sister. Jamie the screw-up. Their widowed mother Ellie. It's about Nina Judd, their guardian angel, the novel's heartbeat.
Kate had the chance to know their father Dr. James. Jamie was born too late. Sisters by birth. Sisters in loyalty sanctified by a blood oath. Two bright, pretty women full of promise. Then something happens the summer Jamie turns 18 that ruins everything.
And maybe Kate is not so perfect after all. Jamie, not so hopeless. Embraced by The Sandpiper, Nina's white-shingled cottage above the endless blue of Lake Michigan, the sisters struggle toward forgiveness, toward healing.
The Sandpiper is about three Cameron women. Kate the perfect older sister. Jamie the screw-up. Their widowed mother Ellie. It's about Nina Judd, their guardian angel, the novel's heartbeat.
Kate had the chance to know their father Dr. James. Jamie was born too late. Sisters by birth. Sisters in loyalty sanctified by a blood oath. Two bright, pretty women full of promise. Then something happens the summer Jamie turns 18 that ruins everything.
And maybe Kate is not so perfect after all. Jamie, not so hopeless. Embraced by The Sandpiper, Nina's white-shingled cottage above the endless blue of Lake Michigan, the sisters struggle toward forgiveness, toward healing.
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My Review:
Susan. Brace Lovell has written a wonderful
book. The characters are so realistic and a connection is immediately felt with
them. Each scene felt like I was right there on the patio sipping hot chocolate
and chatting along with them. I think the most important thing I learned about
myself as I read Jamie's plight, is that in order to really move on, I need to
forgive myself before I can completely accept others forgiveness. This novel
certainly feels more like a family friend, one that I will revisit time and
time again.
About the Author
Susan Lovell
earned undergraduate and graduate degrees with honors in English from the
University of Michigan and taught high school and college English. She co-founded
Cadence, a weekly newspaper in East Grand Rapids, Michigan and is the
author of four non-fiction histories. Lovell currently sits on the Grand Rapids
Salvation Army’s Advisory Board. She and her husband live in Grand Rapids.
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