Taylor Edwards does not handle conflict well; her habit is to run away when life becomes difficult. This pattern is challenged when her father receives a terminal pancreatic cancer diagnosis, leading the family to spend one final season at their old lake house in the Pocono Mountains. While there, Taylor is forced to confront the people she abandoned five years earlier, including her former best friend Lucy and her first boyfriend Henry. She must navigate the awkwardness of past betrayals while simultaneously helping her siblings and mother cope with her father’s declining health and eventual death.
Readers who enjoy contemporary realistic fiction centered on family dynamics and grief will find this narrative insightful. It serves those interested in how interpersonal relationships evolve under the pressure of impending loss. The book provides a look at the process of apologizing and reclaiming a place in a community after bridge-burning. Readers walk away with a specific perspective on how to balance the pain of a terminal illness with the necessity of maintaining everyday connections and resolving long-standing regrets.
Practical, clear-cut and escapist; an easy read.
Best for readers like The Escapist Adventurer. Which reader are you?
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
