How can you choose what is right for you when your decision will break the heart of someone you love?
Having abandoned her childhood dream years ago, Johanna Thatcher knows what she wants from life. Discovering that her fiancé was cheating on her only convinces Johanna it’s best to maintain control and protect her heart.
Despite years of distance and friction, Johanna and her sisters, Jillian and Payton, have moved from a truce toward a fragile friendship. But then Johanna reveals she has the one thing Jillian wants most and may never have–and Johanna doesn’t want it. As Johanna wrestles with a choice that will change her life and her relationships with her sisters forever, the cracks in Jillian’s marriage and faith deepen. Through it all, the Thatcher sisters must decide once and for all what it means to be family.
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Summary
From: Rebecca Maney
Book Title: The Best We've Been
Book Author: Beth Vogt
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3.5 stars
"We're all good. . . . The best we've been in a long time."
"The best" for the Thatcher sisters was indeed, a long time coming. Their personalities were so distinct that independence meant constantly leaving someone out, or their arguments predictably generated a peacemaker in the middle of the three; and like a song repeating itself over and over and over again, the fragile balance of their friendship would topple hopelessly to the ground. And topple it did when Jillian acted uncharacteristicly impulsive, and Johanna nearly made the worst decision of her life; leaving Payton to pick up the pieces in between. Why did their family always feel the need to keep secrets?
In some ways, this book really doesn't end. In other ways, its open ended conclusions create a deeper sense of realism and authenticity. The emotional journey between the pages is a road that many readers have either already travelled, are currently travelling, or will have to travel at some point in their life. Ultimately, to quote their beloved Pepper, . . . . "Sometimes you have to forget everything else and remember you're family."
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