Grieving but feisty widow Vivian Laurent is at a late-in-life crossroads. The man she loved is gone. Their only daughter is estranged and missing. And the assisted-living facility where her husband died is going into quarantine. Living in lockdown with only heartache and memories is something Vivian can’t bear. Then comes a saving grace.
Luna, a compassionate nursing assistant and newly separated mother, is facing eviction. Vivian has a plan that could turn their lives around: return to her old home and invite Luna and her two children to move in with her. With the exuberant eleven-year-old Wren in her hot-pink motorized wheelchair and Wren’s troubled older brother, Cooper, the new housemates make for an unlikely pandemic pack, weathering the coming storm together.
Now it’s time to heal old wounds, make peace with the past, find hope and joy, and discover that the strongest bonds can get anyone through the worst of times.
4 STARS
What a well written book this was. So well detailed of a time most of us would prefer to forget I'm sure. Although its fiction, it captures so much of the restrictions that we faced and it also captures how personal that was and the fear and desperation. Also makes for a history of sorts for people who didn't have to deal with loved ones dying alone, or being separated from each other. Even afraid to hug each other. Having said that, it's the people that had me involved in the story . Vivian, Wren, Luna, Cooper each get to share their view of events in each chapter and prepare yourself for some emotional times.
There is one statement in particular that had me highlighting the book. It's when Cooper said that, this one person (Vivian) had changed him, changed his whole family. What a true statement and it's a journey to find out what that meant. I'm going to leave it at that.
I read this book through the Amazon First Read selection.
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