Genevieve
London has had a successful life but a very unhappy one. She lost her son Sheppard who suddenly
disappeared and wasn’t found even after many years. Then her husband died. She raised her granddaughter Emma after the
suicide death of Emma’s mother. Emma
became pregnant at 18 years old and gave birth to Riley, the joy of her life,
but Genevieve threw Emma out of the house.
Emma
hasn’t communicated with Genevieve once in many years but now receives a
message to come as her grandmother is dying.
It’s a perfect time to go to Sheerwater, Connecticut as Riley is being
harassed by so-called friends in High School. However, Emma thinks she owes her
grandmother nothing and doesn’t want to seem like she’s waiting for Genevieve
to die so she can inherit her fortune.
She finally agrees to go for Riley’s sake and let her daughter decide
what she thinks about this relative she’s never known.
This
then is the story of a family who will be reunited, get to know each other as
they are in today’s world, and plan for a future. It’s a lovely story with some very funny
moments. Riley and Genevieve get along
and become very close and Genevieve puts up with Riley’s snappy retorts and
frankly cold comments about the way Genevieve treats family. Emma, on the other hand, finds work at a
local home, where her sister Hope is a resident, and meets a man who’s trying
to be a single parent of a daughter who’s a pro at throwing long, long
tantrums.
The
story is narrated from the perspective of each character which fills in details
about the inner characters as well as some mysterious gaps for the reader. This is a straight-from-the hip account in
which the inner thoughts and feelings of each character stands out to form a
complete story. Genevieve is grateful
for the presence of her family as she is gradually declining from brain cancer
and has short and long periods of losing awareness of where and who she is, as
well as about those around her. The end
is a surprise but a welcome one as relationships fall the way they will,
without any false expectations! Very
nice tale skillfully presented!
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