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Rolling Toward Clear Skies
Catherine Ryan Hyde
Lake Union Publishing
Publication Date: November 12th, 2024
302 Pages
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Genres: Women’s Fiction
I have been a fan of Catherine Ryan Hyde since 1999 and she has never disappointed me. She always finds new and interesting emotional topics to write about. This was a timely one to read because after a natural disaster (Helene anyone?) two teenage girls are left parentless and homeless. Maggie Blount is a doctor who volunteers at such events and is a divorced mom of two teenage girls. When she decides to foster and then adopt the newly orphaned teenagers what follows is a dramatic tale of the impact the adoption has on everyone in the family.
I was quickly absorbed into this tale. Maggie’s biological daughters were not very likable and I tried very hard to sympathize with them. While I liked and related to the adopted daughters a lot more I found them to be sickly sweet and not as realistic as the other two. I think the author did that on purpose to show how polar opposites the teens are. I really enjoyed this book about nature versus nurture, the haves and the have-nots. It’s about growing up, helping others and blended families and it was told with Hyde’s typical sensitivity and wit. This one really touched my heart.
Thank you to NetGalley and the publisher for the Advance Readers Copy.
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