The Kindness of Strangers
A young widow raising two boys, Sarah Laden is struggling to keep her family together. But when a shocking revelation rips apart the family of her closest friend, Sarah finds herself welcoming yet another troubled young boy into her already tumultuous life. Jordan, a quiet, reclusive elementary...
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A young widow raising two boys, Sarah Laden is struggling to keep her family together. But when a shocking revelation rips apart the family of her closest friend, Sarah finds herself welcoming yet another troubled young boy into her already tumultuous life. Jordan, a quiet, reclusive elementary school classmate of Sarah's son Danny, has survived a terrible ordeal. By agreeing to become Jordan's foster mother, Sarah will be forced to question the things she has long believed. And as the delicate threads that bind their family begin to unravel, all the Ladens will have to face difficult truths about themselves and one another—and discover the power of love necessary to forgive and to heal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060564780 (0060564784)
ASIN: B0013L8BJC
Publish date: January 1st 2007
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Pages no: 400
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Book Club,
Realistic Fiction,
Adult,
Mystery,
Drama,
Family,
Contemporary,
Sociology,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Abuse
WOW!! This was a tough read for me so much tragedy....but I am so glad I read it! Such an emotional story!!
This was a very emotional story about child abuse. I found the ease in which the most wicked of people deceive others while being seemingly 'normal' to be downright chilling. The way the widowed mother and her sons reach out in kindness to the victim and take him into their home was very heartwarm...