Thanks to NetGalley and Penguin for the opportunity to read and review this book!
I loved Julie Lawson Timmer's first book, Five Days Left, so I was very anxious to read her latest. While I probably didn't love it as much as her debut, it was still a great read.
Char left a job she loved and a city she loved living in (Washington DC) when she met an engineer who lived in Mount Pleasant MI. Bradley had a small daughter when they met and Char became the main mother figure in Allie's life. Her biological mother left the family and moved to California and was definitely not interested in mothering Allie other than occasional visits.
When Bradley dies suddenly in a car accident, everything changes. Now Char feels like she's not even a stepmom to Allie, now 15, and legally has no rights to parent her. Her biological mother, Lydia, enters back into the picture and wants Allie to move to California. There is another plot involved in this book - Morgan, a 10-year-old who has bounced around various foster homes, who Allie tutors and develops a close bond with.
There are lots of realistic feelings about stepfamilies and would be a great book club pick - what truly constitutes a family?
I thoroughly enjoyed this one!
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