Finalist Indie Book Awards, 1st Place National Federation of Press Women, fiction
Sequel to Escape from Assisted Living
What does it take to forgive, move on, or rekindle romance?
The year after 80-year-old Betty Miles' exit from senior living (Escape from Assisted Living), she's happy staying in Chicago with friend Eleanor. She's dating, making new friends, and reconnecting with an old one. Her daughter Sharon D'Angelo is busy with her new dessert shop in Elkhart, Indiana, funded by a legacy from her father. Good feelings between Betty and Sharon may be short-lived after a stranger makes an astonishing claim. Will mother and daughter work through this mystery together? Of course not. They have kept upsetting truths secret their entire lives!
With her hands full--clients making moves on her husband Vince, her mother-in-law meddling in the desserts, and a visitor sleeping over--Sharon keeps her mother away. Timing isn't right for revelations of the goings-on in Elkhart. Meanwhile, Betty's sleuthing family history, keeping her suspicions secret like a good wife and mother. But when past transgressions come to light, Betty finds out whether truth will enhance or destroy her family."synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
Joyce Hicks' stories spring from her interest in the minutiae of family life, particularly at gateways to new stages. She's an observer in public space of the serious, mundane, or hilarious interchanges of others. She has appeared at story-telling events in Chicago. Quilting, knitting, and gardening are other pursuits. Her stories have appeared in Literary Mama, Passager, Kudzu House, Great Lakes Review, and others. Go to joycebhicks.com for links to her stories.
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Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. The year after octogenarian Betty Miles' exit from senior living as told in Hicks' Escape from Assisted Living, she's staying in Chicago. Her daughter Sharon D'Angelo is busy with Sharon's Desserts, her new shop in Elkhart, Indiana, funded by a legacy from her father. This equanimity between Betty and Sharon may be short-lived after a stranger makes an astonishing claim. Will mother and daughter work through this mystery together? Of course not. They have protected each other from upsetting truths their entire lives. With her hands full--catering clients making moves on her husband Vince, her mother-in-law meddling in the desserts, and a visitor sleeping over--Sharon encourages her mother to stay away. Time isn't right for revelations of the goings-on in Elkhart that have propelled Sharon's Desserts from the red to the black. Betty's happy in her city life with friend Eleanor. She's speed dating, making new friends, and reconnecting with an old one. She's also sleuthing family history, but her suspicions she keeps from Sharon because a good wife and mother should not tarnish a reputation. When all the women meet by accident in Chicago, results of past transgressions come to light. They must ask what does it take to forgive, or move on, or rekindle romance? And do second chances offer just deserts? The Miles and D'Angelo experience with rewritten family history offers answers. Seller Inventory # 00110700514
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