Book Description: Betty Sweet never expected to be a widow at 40. With so much life still in front of her, she tries to figure out what's next. She couldn't have imagined what God had in mind. When her estranged sister is committed to a sanitarium, Betty finds herself taking on the care of a 5-year-old nephew she never knew she had.
In 1960s LaFontaine, Michigan, they make an odd pair. Betty with her pink button nose and bouffant hair. Hugo with his light brown skin and large brown eyes. But more powerful than what makes them different is what they share: the heartache of an empty space in their lives. Slowly, they will learn to trust one another as they discover common ground and healing through the magic of storytelling.
My Thoughts: A new to me author, Susie Finkbeiner, brings a story of new beginnings.
Sometimes one just never knows what to expect in life. As Betty Sweet finds out. Widow and now she find out that he long lost sister has a five year old son whom she thrusts into Betty's care when she must enter a sanitarium.
Betty and Hugo are strangers but as time passes they become family.
This is an endearing and heart warming story of two precious people and how life changes from bitter lemons to sweet lemonade.
Sometimes we never know what we have until it shows up on our doorstep dressed as a child.
And Betty begins to share stories of her and her sister with little Hugo so little Hugo adds his own to the sweet stories.
*This book was provided for review by Revell*
- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Revell; 5/1 edition (June 2, 2020)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0800735706
- ISBN-13: 978-0800735708
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