Josie Sullivan adores her Cedar Key home. It's been the ideal place to raise her daughter, Orli, who's just turning sixteen. Now that Josie has realized her dream of becoming a registered nurse, she's been offered the perfect job too--helping Dr. Simon Mancini run his new practice.
Until the clinic opens, Josie is filling in at Yarning Together, where she launches a series of knitting classes for men. Yet for all the vibrant changes, there are some tangled threads. Josie's romance-author mother, Shelby, receives a worrying diagnosis. And though Josie has always guarded her independence, her connection to Orli's father, Grant, seems to be rekindling. Most of all, as Shelby's college classmates rally around their dear friend, Josie begins to see that "home" is more than a place;it's the relationships woven into each life, strand by strand"
My thoughts: I have yet to read a Terri DuLong book that I didn't like. All her characters in the Cedar Key series are wonderful. Right away they become like dear friends. It is so easy to get caught up in their day to day lives and living through all their heartaches and joys right along with them. I love the realistic dialogue also.
Even though these Stories are fiction, there is always a theme or an issue that needs to be dealt with. In Farewell to Cedar Key, the theme/issue is one of the main characters, Shelby, has been diagnosed with uterine cancer. At first she tried to ignore her "twinges" but after some dedicated nagging by her daughter she finally sought some help.
Having gone through the same experience myself, I can testify that Ms. DuLong handled this perfectly; the initial fear, coming to grips with the diagnosis and the aftermath of treatment. All her characters support each other at every turn.
Although this is the last book in the series, I am confident Ms. DuLong's next book/series will be just as wonderful as Cedar Key has been. Any books in the series can be read as a stand-alone but I would suggest reading from the beginning as they are all wonderfully entertaining and heart felt.
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Disclosure: A review copy of the book was provided by the author, Terri DuLong in exchange for my honest opinion.
I really liked this book. I wasn't sure if it was the end of the series or if it was Josie saying farewell. Is the author planning another book/series? I've enjoyed the entire Cedar Key series.
ReplyDeleteMary, I think this was the end of the series and I'm pretty sure Terri is working on something else judging by her posts on FB. I loved the entire series too. So good! Sigh . . . . .
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