Whew but this book was a nice reprieve after the last one! And it only took me two days to read it.
Number one New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury
delivers an instant classic with this heartwarming Christmas story about
a hundred-year flood, lost love, and the beauty of enduring
friendships.
Molly Allen lives alone in Portland, but she left
her heart back in Tennessee with a man she walked away from five years
ago. They had a rare sort of love she hasn’t found since.
Ryan Kelly lives in Nashville after a broken engagement and several years on the road touring with a country music duo. He can still hear Molly’s voice encouraging him to follow his dreams; Molly, whose memory stays with him. At least he can visit The Bridge—the oldest bookstore in historic downtown Franklin—and remember the hours he and Molly once spent there.
For thirty years, Charlie and Donna Barton have run The Bridge, providing the people of middle Tennessee with coffee, conversation, and shelves of good books—even through dismal book sales and the rise of digital books. Then in May, the hundred-year flood swept through Franklin and destroyed nearly every book in the store.
Now the bank is pulling the lease on The Bridge. Despondent and without answers, Charlie considers the unthinkable. Then tragedy strikes, and suddenly, everything changes. In the face of desperate brokenness and lost opportunities, could the miracle of a second chance actually unfold? (picture and description from christianbook.com)
What I liked about this book, among many things, is that it is set in Franklin, TN which is right up the road from us. Karen has now moved here so I wonder if that is what made her want to write about her new home. Of course I also love the description of the bookstore, which is speaking my heart language!! I have not been a fan of Karen for awhile, simply because she writes so many series and I don't have time to get involved in a series right now, but this was a nice little stand alone that is a great read for a rainy or snowy day. You know, assuming you don't have kids running around demanding things of you every 20 seconds. Unless you have arrived at the point, like me, where you can lock yourself in your bedroom. Yeah.
O:)
Melissa
Ryan Kelly lives in Nashville after a broken engagement and several years on the road touring with a country music duo. He can still hear Molly’s voice encouraging him to follow his dreams; Molly, whose memory stays with him. At least he can visit The Bridge—the oldest bookstore in historic downtown Franklin—and remember the hours he and Molly once spent there.
For thirty years, Charlie and Donna Barton have run The Bridge, providing the people of middle Tennessee with coffee, conversation, and shelves of good books—even through dismal book sales and the rise of digital books. Then in May, the hundred-year flood swept through Franklin and destroyed nearly every book in the store.
Now the bank is pulling the lease on The Bridge. Despondent and without answers, Charlie considers the unthinkable. Then tragedy strikes, and suddenly, everything changes. In the face of desperate brokenness and lost opportunities, could the miracle of a second chance actually unfold? (picture and description from christianbook.com)
What I liked about this book, among many things, is that it is set in Franklin, TN which is right up the road from us. Karen has now moved here so I wonder if that is what made her want to write about her new home. Of course I also love the description of the bookstore, which is speaking my heart language!! I have not been a fan of Karen for awhile, simply because she writes so many series and I don't have time to get involved in a series right now, but this was a nice little stand alone that is a great read for a rainy or snowy day. You know, assuming you don't have kids running around demanding things of you every 20 seconds. Unless you have arrived at the point, like me, where you can lock yourself in your bedroom. Yeah.
O:)
Melissa
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