Starlight on Willow Lake
Susan Wiggs
Mira, Aug 25 2015, $24.95
ISBN 9780778317951
In Avalon, New York, single mom of two young daughters (diabetic
Ruby and older Cara) Faith McCallum struggles with insuring food is on the
table. Filled with despair, Faith feels
she finally got a break when the Bellamy family hires her as an in-house
caretaker for Alice; whose husband died in the skiing accident that left her an
acrimonious paraplegic whose anger has driven off several health care employees
and household staff.
Knowing she cannot run from this chance to better the lives of her
children, Faith faces Alice’s rage head on while encouraging her charge to not
just accept her paralysis but to live again.
Alice’s son Mason arrives at the mansion to insure a smooth transition
so that he could avoid this place he detests and return to his preferable
geographical electronic checkbook support to his mother and the Bellamy brood. Whereas Faith’s courage re Alice deserts her when
she meets Mason; he keeps rationalizing why he has not fled Avalon for
Broadway.
The eleventh Lakeshore Chronicles contemporary (see Candlelight
Christmas and Return to Willow Lake) is a highly emotional family drama. The cast is three dimensional especially caused
by the dysfunctional dynamics of ire and angst.
The romance serves as an impetus into a profound look at the negative
impacts of loss and anguish, and the healing of love and compassion.
Harriet Klausner
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