I loved this audiobook. Sometimes we discover our family are not our blood relatives...
Review
5 stars
This was so emotional and beautiful. I couldn't put it down because it made me calm and felt like a warm hug.
Perfect narrator also. I can't resist a story of two sisters or a strong bond between women of a family or community. Loved the tiny interludes with life lessons taught through baking recipe bits. Very well balanced, switching Povs from sister to sister, as we read along and through their troubles, fears, and anxieties. My favorite part was when one discovers a family secret and needs to navigate it and understand the real meaning of being a family.
They find strength, truth, and love in being together, standing for themselves, and helping others. Great touch with the cakes, the food, the dogs, and their love for life bits.
@forgereads and @storygramtours
From the Publisher:
In the face of hardship, two women learn how to rise up again under the bright side of the stars. Everyone knows that Addie Fullbright can’t keep a secret. Yet, twelve years ago, as her best friend lay dying, she entrusted Addie with the biggest secret of all. One so shattering that Addie felt she had to leave her hometown of Starlight, Alabama, to keep from revealing a devastating truth to someone she cares for deeply. Now she’s living a lonely life, keeping everyone at a distance, not only to protect the secret but also her heart from the pain of losing someone else. But when her beloved aunt, the woman who helped raise her, gets a shocking diagnosis and asks her to come back to Starlight to help run the family bakery, Addie knows it’s finally time to go home again. Tessa Jane Wingrove-Fullbright feels like she’s failing. She’s always been able to see the lighter side of life but lately darkness has descended. Her world is suddenly in shambles after a painful breakup, her favorite aunt’s unexpected health troubles, and because crushing expectations from the Wingrove side of her family are forcing her to keep secrets and make painful choices. When she’s called back to Starlight to help her aunt, she’s barely holding herself together and fears she’ll never find her way back to who she used to be. Under the bright side of the stars, Addie and Tessa Jane come to see that magic can be found in trusting yourself, that falling apart is simply a chance to rise up again, stronger than ever, and that the heart usually knows the best path through the darkness.
Thank you to @forgereads for sending me a copy of the book.
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