I finished The Road to Eden’s Ridge (Turner Publishing) Sunday night and I sure wish I hadn’t read it yet — wish I had it to look forward to. This is a novel with a heart. I tried, oh how I tried, not to cry. Every blurb I’d read about this book said you hold the book in one hand and a hankie in the other. I got to the last chapter dry-eyed, but then that fell apart. It’s not that it’s a sad book, really, it just evokes a lot of emotion at several levels.
M.L. Rose is the pseudonym for Myra McLarey and Linda Weeks, who wrote this terrific southern fiction.
This is what it’s about:
Less than an hour before her wedding, Lindsey Briggs calls off the ceremony, leaving her family home in Maine to pursue her dream of being a singer-songwriter in Nashville. There she meets country music legend Ben McBride. Through the chance meeting, she discovers the depth of Ben’s relationship with her family as well as secrets from her past. A remarkable family tale is revealed for Lindsey, who learns the importance of pursuing her heart and about the power and endurance of love.
From the farming country in Maine
To the Blue Bird Cafe in Nashville
Lindsey, Ben McBride, Grandma Sarah, Aunt Lilly and Michael James are wonderful folks in a story that spans a couple of generations. I wish I could have sat a spell with on them on the front porch.
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