Paperback: 352 pages
Publisher: Downtown Press (November 17, 2009)
ISBN-10: 1439107173
ISBN-13: 978-1439107171

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Rebecca Strand, a 28-year-old New York City paralegal in a divorce mediation firm, is shocked when her dying father confesses his long-ago affair–and the baby he’d turned his back on. This fragile connection to 26-year-old half-sister Joy Joyhawk is all Rebecca has left of family. And so with her lawyer boyfriend’s protests ringing in her ears (“She’s just going to want her share of his million-dollar estate!”), Rebecca drives to Wiscasset, Maine, with the 26 letters her father wrote to Joy (but never sent) every year on her birthday. Having no idea what to expect, Rebecca knocks on Joy Jayhawk’s door.

Turns out Joy, the separated mother of a little boy (Rebecca has a nephew too!), isn’t very interested in the “father” who turned his back on her existence from day one–or her “sister.” But Rebecca is so determined to establish family bonds with Joy that she doesn’t go home . . . and finds herself being welcomed into small life by some very loveable, quirky characters, including the Divorced Ladies Club of Wiscasset and a sexy carpenter named Theo…

I loved the colorful characters in this novel! Between the half-sisters and The Divorced Ladies Club of Wiscasset, you will not be able to put this one down! You will page through all of your emotions, laughing, crying, and cheering.

You can image all the gossiping and goings-on in a small town, this one is no different. Will the half sisters ever connect? You will want to curl up with this “warm fuzzy” read!

About the Author… Click on Melissa’s Photo to learn more!

Melissa Senate is the author of eight novels, including the bestselling See Jane Date, which was made into an ABC Family TV movie and has sold over 200,000 copies worldwide. She’s published short pieces in Everything I’ve Always Wanted to Know About Being a Girl I Learned from Judy Blume, It’s a Wonderful Lie, Flirting with Pride and Prejudice, and American Girls About Town. A former romance and young adult editor from New York, she now lives on the southern coast of Maine with her son.

A Special Thanks goes out to Sarah over at for the opportunity to read and review this Moving Novel!

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