Raising
Hope
Why
we chose this book
This is a book meant just for mothers, daughters, sisters and
friends. A touching and yet hilarious novel about family love, female
friendships and what happens when life disrupts all of your carefully
laid plans.
We can't wait to see what's next from Katie Willard! ~Beth
From
Booklist
The
individual stories of three generations of women are interwoven in
Willard's heartrending and heartwarming novel. Raised by her aunt and
her father's ex-lover--two women poles apart in background and
temperament but united in their love for the child they
share--12-year-old Hope Teller attempts to make sense of her place in
the universe and to reconnect with the father she never knew.
Down-to-earth waitress Ruth Teller and wealthy ex-attorney Sara Lynn
Hoffman have both put their own lives and desires on hold while involved
in raising their beloved daughter. As both these women approach middle
age, they reassess their own relationships with their mothers, learning
the hard way that letting go is never easy but always necessary. This
timeless tale of mothers and daughters and the bonds they share and
struggle to maintain or break is enhanced by Willard's uncanny ability
to cross generational lines, instilling all her characters with unique
and believable voices. From
The Publisher
Take two
women with nothing in common except the child left in their care, a
twelve-year-old girl trying to find her place in the world, and two
know-it-all mothers (one dead and one very much alive). Stir in a
couple of romances, tart and funny dialogue, lots of love and what do you
get? The quirky, cobbled-together family at the heart of RAISING
HOPE. A
Book Sense Pick and a Book Babes recommended title, Booklist Magazine
calls RAISING HOPE “a heartrending and heartwarming novel . . . This
timeless tale of mothers and daughters and the bonds they share and
struggle to maintain or break is enhanced by Willard’s uncanny ability
to cross generational lines, instilling all her characters with unique and
believable voices.”
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