The Secret of Joy
IS THE HALF SISTER THAT REBECCA STRAND HAS NEVER MET SHORT? TALL? RICH? POOR? PRETTY? FUNNY? MARRIED? LONELY? HAPPY?... Rebecca is about to find out. The New York City paralegal thought nothing could shake her life off its fast track -- which includes her handsome lawyer boyfriend and their...
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IS THE HALF SISTER THAT REBECCA STRAND HAS NEVER MET SHORT? TALL? RICH? POOR? PRETTY? FUNNY? MARRIED? LONELY? HAPPY?... Rebecca is about to find out. The New York City paralegal thought nothing could shake her life off its fast track -- which includes her handsome lawyer boyfriend and their extravagant condo. The shocking revelation that she even has a half sister comes from her dying father, in a hospital bed confession of a long-past summer affair...and now the dad she adores has one last wish: would Rebecca deliver a cache of letters he never sent to his other daughter, Joy Jayhawk, in a tiny coastal Maine town? But when Rebecca arrives in Wiscasset, with the life-changing letters stashed in a leather box, nothing goes as she imagined -- and Joy Jayhawk is less than thrilled to meet her. Joy already has her own life, her own family, and her own business: she runs a bus tour for singles, a matchmaking excursion that's brought lovers together, healed broken hearts, and changed lives. Rebecca joins the singles tour in the hopes of unlocking a door into Joy's life and forming a relationship with the only family she has left. But as she spends more and more time with Joy and the women who dub themselves The Divorced Ladies Club of Wiscasset -- and starts a flirtation with a seriously hunky local carpenter -- Rebecca realizes it's her life and heart that are ready for healing and change...and that sometimes, you just have to go along for the ride.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781439107171 (1439107173)
Publish date: November 17th 2009
Publisher: Downtown Press
Pages no: 352
Edition language: English
2.5 starsOh, boy. There's so much I could say about this but because I was so ready to love this like I loved The Love Goddess' Cooking School that I'm left mighty disappointed. To sum it up though, it was a bit predictable as far as final outcome, the main character was a big hot mess that you tot...
Melissa Senate is definitely one of my go to chick lit authors. She writes the kind of stories that even though I have nothing in common with the characters in her books, I connect with them anyway. She has a unique talent for writing stories that I can't put down. This was definitely one of them. T...
Entertaining light, chick lit. Did enjoy most of it except for that the fact that she held on to her boyfriend way too long. That's why it got 3 stars instead of 4.
This is just the perfect book to pick up with a cup of hot chocolate and just read. It just makes you feel good. There are two main themes here at work: finding yourself and the meaning of family. The Scret of Joy also combines those themes in how your family contribute to your personality and re...