No one brings home the power of family to shape and heal us like national bestselling author Gwynne Forster. Now, in BLUES FROM DOWN DEEP, she crafts an unforgettable story of one womans search for the family shes never knownbut whose pull shell never be able to escape again
BLUES FROM DOWN DEEP
Regina Pearson has never really known any family other than her late, widowed father. He cut ties with his family in North Carolina long ago and moved to Hawaii with Reginas mother, then raised Regina alone following his wifes accidental death. Living among the native Hawaiians so different from herself created in Regina an aching for people to call her own. Regina finds among her late parents effects a letter written forty years earlier that leads to her mothers sister, Maude, a been-there, done-that blues singer, and her nonagenarian maternal grandfather, head of the extended family in New Bern, North Carolina.
For Regina, going to North Carolina to see Aunt Maude is the chance of a lifetimean opportunity to bond with the people who share her roots, her blood, and her heart, and find the pieces of her shes been lonely for all these years. But the big, warm, loving family Reginas dreamed about is nowhere in sight. Instead, she finds uncles, aunts, and cousins torn apart by secrets and lies, petty squabbles and heartbreaking wounds stretching back for yearsa contentious clan ready to draw Regina front-and-center into their troubles whether she wants to be there or not. And just as her new family conflict threatens to overwhelm her, Regina discovers a passionate connection she hadnt counted on with a man whos ready to show her what real familys all aboutand what it takes to keep the love flowing.
Filled with heartfelt wit and homespun wisdom, BLUES FROM DOWN DEEP is a joyous reminder that love comes when we least expect it, from every side of life, and the family that makes us crazy can also lead us home to the place where we belong.
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SKU: 9781575669205
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