Once In A Blue Moon Had Me Over The Moon

It isn't often that you read a book and every part of it is great. Once In A Blue Moon by Eileen Goudge is the whole package. I loved the primary and secondary characters. The storyline was amazing. The dialogue real. I really wanted to turn each page. I wanted to breathe the story.

Once in A Blue Moon is about two sisters; Lindsey and Kerry Ann.

Here is what the publisher has to say:
Sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann have known hardship from an early age. Without guidance from their neglectful mother, their only aid came from an unlikely source, a retired exotic dancer by the name of Miss Honi Love. When the girls’ mother was sent to prison, Miss Honi tried unsuccessfully to save them from being separated and sent into foster care.

Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her sister. The owner of a bookstore in the sleepy California seaside town of Blue Moon Bay, she was lucky enough to have been adopted by a loving couple. Unbeknownst to her, Kerrie Ann has suffered a very different life. Bounced from one foster home to the next, she ran away as a teenager before becoming a drug-addicted single mother. Now, newly sober, Kerrie Ann is fighting to regain custody of the little girl who was taken from her.

Neither sister’s expectations are met when they’re finally reunited. But as the two sisters engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are at last drawn together despite their differences, restoring belief in the unshakable bond of family.

In A Nutshell: I love this book. It is one of my favorite of the year, and I read a lot of books. I couldn't wait to pick this book up every night. As soon as the kids were in bed I would jump back into the world of Kerry Ann and Lindsey. I longed for their happiness and connection and sometimes cringed during certain interactions. I have two sisters, one I am close to and one I haven't had interaction with in many, many years. I imagine this story would be very similar to my own personal situation if it were ever to happen.  This is a story with heart and soul. Family is important and these sisters NEED each other. However, it is their desire to connect that drew me to it. The underlying words and actions of two people who long for a connection, but have a bumpy road back to each other makes for a tear filled ending. Seriously, I loved this book!

This is my first Eileen Goundge book but it will not be my last.

Eileen Goudge is the New York City-based author of The Diary, Domestic Affairs, Woman in Red, One Last Dance, Garden of Lies and Thorns of Truth. 

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Given a book from One2One Network to conduct my review.