Aprons on a Clothesline (The Lake Emily Series #3)
by Traci Depree
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Author: Traci DepreeEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2005-05-17
ISBN: 1578567300
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: WaterBrook Press
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Book Review: Very family oriented and written very well in that context.
Summary: 5 Stars
As the book begins, which is the 3rd in the Lake Emily series, Virginia, Mae, and Trudy are at this museum when Virginia feeling quite unwell, has a stroke. She is immediately taken to the nearest hospital, and Mae is devastated. Mae is also expecting the birth yet again, of her second child. With the stress of Virginia, she starts having premature contractions. After being in the hospital for a day or so, she is better, but Virginia will have a long frustrating recovery ahead of her.
Virginia will have to learn to gain her strength back all over again and regain her speech as well. She sits in despair every day in the nursing home and is growing very bitter. Things turn around though when Ed Cleworth, Mae's former boss comes calling. Ed lost his wife Willa years before and is lonely. This is a turning point for Virginia, and she begins to snap out of her depression better and starts to recover.
David, Peter's dad and Virginia's son comes to town when Virginia first has her stroke, but then does not stay around when he is most needed. As a symphony orchestra conductor, music has been his whole life above and beyond everyone else. And when he up and leaves yet again, Peter is killing mad. So he and his dad have another falling out after this happens. They may never make amends either.
Jessie, Virginia's little friend, is very upset when Virginia has her stroke and they don't see each other for a long time after. The worst thing too is that Steve, her dad has began drinking again and this is doubly hard for the young girl. When Steve meets and falls for Virginia's therapist, Anna, Jessie sees her as a sort of new mom and has hopes that her dad will marry.
Trudy, Mae's sister marries Bert Biddle in this sequel, and Bert's parents would like for Bert to buy the family property with the farm and everything so that Bert can be close to his work there. Bert's long lost twin brother Fred shows up though after not even keeping in contact for a couple years, and expects the property for his own and his new Russian wife, Sletvana. Things are very tense when he and his wife move in until they can find a place. And Lillian, difficult as she always is, automatically despises her new daughter-in-law. Trudy and Sletvana strike up an instant friendship, and Mae becomes very jealous as this has caused a division in their special sisterly relationship since they've always been really close.
Peter is worried about the farm going under as well since the weather conditions have turned against it. And with milk prices going the way they are too, things are even worse. He tries to get some other help with the bank loan so they can hopefully wait for things to turn around.
I enjoyed this book thoroughly and would like to see yet another installment written, but am not sure if there will be. Depree is an excellent writer.
Summary of Aprons on a Clothesline (The Lake Emily Series #3)
Book Three in the Lake Emily seriesIn Lake Emily, life's greatest battles
are won by the power of friendship
Virginia Morgan is used to helping others-it's who she is. A wife. A mother. A grandmother. A friend. But when Virginia suffers a debilitating stroke, she can no longer wear that apron. It is a change that sends her into the depths of hopelessness. Can she find her way to seeing that life is still well worth living? Or will she give up hope and sink deeper into despair?
Meanwhile, the Morgans and Biddles discover that each season of life has its adjustments-for Trudy Biddle marriage and a meddling mother-in-law, for Mae and Peter Morgan the challenges of keeping the family farm afloat as they welcome a new member into their family, and for young Jessie Wise hopes for a new mother.
Filled with the enchantment that makes Lake Emily everyone's hometown, Aprons on a Clothesline is a lovely reminder that hope can be found even in the tragedies of life and that joy waits in the most unexpected places.
"Traci's books.call my name and soothe my soul." -Jane Kirkpatrick, award-winning author of All Together in One Place and A Name of Her Own
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