Claire Summers is a determined, independent single mother who is doing her best to make lemonade out of the lemons life has handed her. Keith Watson is a results-oriented workaholic with no time for a social life. As the executive assistant to a local philanthropic businessman, he’s used to fielding requests for donations. But when a letter from Claire’s eleven-year-old daughter reaches his desk, everything changes. The girl isn’t asking for money, but for help finding the long-lost son of an elderly neighbor.
As Keith digs reluctantly into this complicated assignment, he has no idea how intertwined his life and Claire’s will become–nor how one little girl’s kindhearted request will touch so many lives and reap so many blessings.
Through compelling characters and surprising plot twists, Irene Hannon offers readers this tenderhearted story of family connections that demonstrates how life is like lilacs–the biggest blooms often come only after the harshest winters.
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Summary
Overall One Perfect Spring is the perfect story to spend your Sunday afternoon curled up with. A little girl’s letter to give her friend/neighbor a birthday present
initiates a chain of events that impact so many lives. This is a poignant story of two people trying to overcome the past and not let it affect their future. Maureen is
trying to find her son that she gave up at birth. Keith is still trying to move past the feelings of rejection and proving himself worthy because he was adopted. Claire is a single mom trying to trust again. Haley is her daughter that starts the chain of events. The author was able to balance the fun family scenes and the more emotional ones. I loved the relationship between Claire and her dad and the dating advice he gives her with the fish analogies. Haley was adorable. She is an example of kids can say the darndest things. One of my favorite scenes was Haley’s comments about Keith when he helped them paint her room in the storm. The addition of the relationship between David and Maureen was precious. David had been a workaholic and had to reevaluate his life after his wife passed away. His grown daughter was still struggling to forgive him for missing so many family events for work. Even though he was trying to make changes now, she struggled with forgiving his past choices. The book is engaging and will keep you turning the pages. I am intrigued by the author’s ability to create so many characters that fit the story so well and are not at all confusing to keep up with. Truly it is like one big family. Characters are real, the story line original and the emotions are contagious. I recommend blocking out a Sunday and
grabbing this book, and maybe a Kleenex.
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