Nikki's father left her mother, married within three months of the divorce being final, and now wants back into Nikki's life. With all the upheaval in Nikki's life, she decided to leave town for a few days to get her thoughts in order and get her head on straight. The place she runs to is her uncle's house and finds refuge as well as meaning and purpose to her life. She offers to help her uncle refurbish his old farmhouse that has been in the family for many generations and with the summer off from her teaching job, she's got the time to do the work to help her uncle out. In working with him, she finds a notebook full of her great-grandmother's recipes, along with some words of wisdom great-grandmother found along the way. In choosing recipes to try and reading the wisdom that each recipe holds, Nikki comes to find that forgiving is a great burden reliever and healer for her soul. In learning this, she passes the wisdom on to her Uncle Wes.
The romances in this story are secondary to the depth of spiritual knowledge included, and secondary to the plot development itself. Sara Brunsvold has woven a depth into this book that makes it hard to read, but that is not a bad thing, Sometimes hard is exactly what is needed by the reader. It is far more rewarding because there is so much more substance to this novel.
This is a five star book with two thumbs up and a homemade streusel for dessert.
Revell Publishing provided the copy I read for this review. All opinions expressed are solely my own.
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