Out of the deepest grief, the greatest love...A powerfully affecting novel that could come only from LaVyrle Spencer, Family Blessings. In the five years since the publication of her debut hardcover, Morning Glory, LaVyrle Spencer has endeared herself to readers with indelible human dramas that have scaled the heights of both the hardcover and the softcover New York Times bestseller lists. Family Blessings, LaVyrle's moving tale of life's heartbreaks and love's restorative power, is sure to be her most beloved novel yet.

SYNOPSIS || At the center of Family Blessings is forty-four-year-old Lee Reston, a widow who takes deep pleasure in her three children and satisfaction from the profitable florist business she has skillfully built. Then Greg, her oldest son, is killed in a motorcycle crash, and Lee's world shatters with renewed pain. She turns to Christopher Lallek, Greg's best friend, for comfort. A loner raised in a dysfunctional household, Chris warms to Lee and her brood, and they to him. Together they grieve for Greg and begin the healing process.

Lee and Chris's friendship begins with small gestures. First his strong sense of responsibility leads him to extend a helping hand around the house by assisting with the chores that were once Greg's province, from fixing the garden hose to mowing the lawn. Lee responds in kind by treating this serious, mature young man to the simple pleasures of home-cooked meals and backyard barbecues shared among loving family members who eagerly include him.

Over time, the bond between the young man and the older woman blossoms from friendship to romance. Lee is stirred by emotions she never dreams she would experience again. Chris learns at least the power of unconditional love. Despite the heady thrill of what seems to be deep true love, the difference in their ages makes Lee wary of what the world will think, and she insists they keep their affair a secret. But when her daughter, who harbors he own feelings for Chris, discovers the truth about their romance, she sets off a violent emotional chain reaction. Lee and Christopher find that a close family can be a mixed blessing.

Abiding love, family ties, and strength in the face of adversity are hallmarks of LaVyrle Spencer's fiction. In Family Blessings, she gives us a masterwork remarkable for its profound compassion and irresistible narrative force. Chicago Tribune says, "LaVyrle Spencer's legions of fans are drawn to her fiction because of its uncalculated emotion and the author's almost old-fashioned sense of integrity."

Genre: Romance
Binding: Hardcover with dust jacket, 386 pages
Condition: Like New (images are of actual book with dust jacket)
Published: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1993
ISBN-10: 0399139060
ISBN-13: 9780399139062

SKU: PBK-351 || FREE SHIPPING

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