Kristy Woodson Harvey has been writing novels for a while but I have not read many of them. That will change now as I very much enjoyed A Happier Life.
It is easy to recommend this title to those who enjoy women’s fiction with its good characters, a wonderful North Carolina setting, family relationships, romance, friendships, a bit of mystery…what more could a reader want?
Keaton Smith is at a crossroads. Readers will find out why and what leads her to leave the big city for a small community.
Keaton is going to fix up her grandparents’ home so that it can be sold. What happened to Becks and her beloved? They got together despite the opposition of Becks ‘s family and were a deeply loving couple. Why did they disappear leaving their children (one of whom is Keaton’s mother) without answers?
While Keaton is working on the house she meets a single dad and his precocious child. She also meets many of Becks’s friends and discovers a book in which Becks kept the details of her many dinner parties along with some thoughts on life. Becks is in! She begins to care a great deal for the grandparents she never knew and this newfound community.
This is just the barest description of this novel. Read it to find out more. I think that it offers an emotional read. I enjoyed it very much.
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