What Makes a Family

Nestled in the Chesapeake Bay Brodie Island is charming remote and slow to change. For three hundred years Abby Brodies farming family has prospered there. Now years after leaving to make her way on her own terms Abby is coming home to see her ailing grandmother with her teenage daughter and a wealth of memories in tow. Yet as family members gather at the old farmhouse Abby realizes this visit offers more than a chance to say goodbye. After decades of feeling she was a disappointment as a daughter Abby is beginning to see that her mother too has struggled to feel a sense of belonging within the Brodie family. Celeste Abbys self-centered sister is far from the successful actress she pretends to be and needs help that only Abby and their half-brother Joseph can give. But most surprising of all is the secret that Grandmother Brodie has been carryingone that will make each woman question her identity and the sacrifices shes willing to make to gain acceptance. With her trademark emotional honesty and insight Colleen Faulkner lays bare the challenges at the heart of a familylearning how to forgive connect and let ourselves be truly known at last.. Praise for the novels of Colleen Faulkner. AS CLOSE AS SISTERS. As Close as Sisters shares the emotions of four very different women and their personal journeys through heartbreak hope and joy. Faulkner addresses serious topics that will evoke both tears and laughter while leaving readers contemplating the unbreakable bonds of friendship. --Booklist Readers of womens fiction and in womens book groups will be drawn to Faulkners new novel. Pour a glass of pinot grigio grab a box of tissues and savor the ride. Library Journal. JUST LIKE OTHER DAUGHTERS. This deeply moving story of maternal love and renewal will touch your heart. Its a celebration of the capacity of the human heart to heal itself and embrace change beautifully written with rare insight. Susan Wiggs #1 New York Times bestselling author. Be prepared to weep tears of sorrow as well as tears of joy. This is a novel you wont soon forget. Holly Chamberlin author of Summer with my Sisters. So real so honestI laughed I hoped I cried. Its that good. Cathy Lamb author of My Very Best Friend