With America’s entrance into the Second World War, the town of Blackberry Springs, Alabama, has exploded virtually overnight. Workers from all over are coming south for jobs in Uncle Sam’s munitions plants–and they’re bringing their pasts with them, right into Dolly Chandler’s grand but fading family home turned boardinghouse.
An estranged young couple from the Midwest, unemployed professors from Chicago, a widower from Mississippi, a shattered young veteran struggling to heal from the war–they’re all hoping Dolly’s house will help them find their way back to the lives they left behind. But the house has a past of its own.
When tragedy strikes, Dolly’s only hope will be the circle of friends under her roof and their ability to discover the truth about what happened to a young bride who lived there a century before.
Award-winning and bestselling author Valerie Fraser Luesse breathes life into a cast of unforgettable characters in this complex and compassionate story of hurt and healing.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: Almost Home
Book Author: Valerie Fraser Luesse
What do you like about this book:
"What's the hardest part o' coming back?"
Sometimes leaving is easier than coming back. Sometimes giving up is the only way to start over. Within the walls of an Alabama boarding house, broken hearts find their way back to whole, and battlefield memories find a way to co-exist peaceably with new ones.
During the years of Great Depression, Dolly and Si struggle to continue paying taxes on an old homeplace. Only by renting out rooms and converting empty spaces into entertainment venues do they stand a chance. When a beaten down young couple arrive, followed by a young veteran whose physical and mental injuries are a daily struggles, they put their hospitality into full gear. Gently feeding their boarders food for the body and wisdom for the soul, the couple guides their young guests along a road called hope. Simmering in the background is a decades old mystery; will it ruin their dreams or bring the answers that they so desperately need in order to survive?
Such an inspiring story!
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