One Summer by David Baldacci
Jack and Lizzie are high school sweethearts. They marry and have 3 kids. Suddenly Jack is stricken with an unnamed fatal illness. He and Lizzie are preparing for her life as a widow when suddenly she dies instead. Lizzie's mother takes the kids away from Jack (for their own good) and puts Jack in hospice to die alone. But he doesn't. And Jack realizes he has gotten a miraculous second chance to be a better father.
I liked that things don't go smoothly for Jack. His teenage daughter can be a handful. His mother-in-law is a pill. Money is tight. He's nearly overwhelmed with grief.But he keeps plodding along.
Sure there are some sappy moments, but One Summer is a good story of a family trying to keep it together after losing the woman who was the heart of the family.
I liked that things don't go smoothly for Jack. His teenage daughter can be a handful. His mother-in-law is a pill. Money is tight. He's nearly overwhelmed with grief.But he keeps plodding along.
Sure there are some sappy moments, but One Summer is a good story of a family trying to keep it together after losing the woman who was the heart of the family.
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