It's March 2nd . . . I refuse to accept that it's March already. While I am a warm weather girl, it seems as though the years just keep flying by faster and faster. I'd love for it to go a little slower. Between our children and grandchildren they seem to be getting older by the minute.
We haven't had much snow this season, until recently, and for the first time we have snow on the ground, and it's March. Go figure! Idaho his weird.
I had a hard time choosing a book for FLF, I wanted something spring like, and this book has such a pretty spring cover, I thought I'd use this one.
From the bestselling author of The Girl From the Train, comes another compelling coming of age story of delayed love, loss, and reconciliation in WWII-era South Africa.
Lettie has always felt different from and overshadowed by the women around her– this friend is richer, that friend is more beautiful, those friends are closer. Still, she doesn’t let this hold her back. She works hard to apply her mind, trying to compensate for her perceived lack of beauty with diligent academic work and a successful career as a doctor. She learns to treasure her friendships, but she still wonders if any man will ever return her interest.
Marco’s experience in the second world war have robbed him of love and health. When winters in his native Italy prove dangerous to his health even after the war has ended, he moves to South Africa to be with his brother, husband to one of Lettie’s best friends. Marco is Lettie’s first patient, and their relationship grows as she aids him on the road back to restored health.
In the company of beloved characters from The Child of the River, Marco and Lettie find a happiness that neither of them thought possible. With that joy comes pain and loss, but Lettie learns that life—while perhaps a crooked path—is always a journey worth taking.
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First Line:
What she was looking at, was definitely not what she wanted to see. Lettie stood facing the full-length mirror in her mom's bedroom.
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