by: Amy jo Burns
Goodreads description:
A roofing family’s bonds of loyalty are tested when they uncover a long-hidden secret at the heart of their blue-collar town―from Amy Jo Burns, author of the critically acclaimed novel Shiner
It’s 1990 and seventeen-year-old Marley West is blazing into the river valley town of Mercury, Pennsylvania. A perpetual loner, she seeks a place at someone’s table and a family of her own. The first thing she sees when she arrives in town is three men standing on a rooftop. Their silhouettes blot out the sun.
The Joseph brothers become Marley’s whole world before she can blink. Soon, she is young wife to one, The One Who Got Away to another, and adopted mother to them all. As their own mother fades away and their roofing business crumbles under the weight of their unwieldy father’s inflated ego, Marley steps in to shepherd these unruly men. Years later, an eerie discovery in the church attic causes old wounds to resurface and suddenly the family’s survival hangs in the balance. With Marley as their light, the Joseph brothers must decide whether they can save the family they’ve always known―or whether together they can build something stronger in its place.
Helen says: 🤓🤓🤓 1/4
Talk about a Soap Opera!! I wanted to love this book because it was a family drama about screwed up people, but it didn’t really resonate with me. This book has gotten rave reviews though, so it may just be my opinion. When reading the book jacket, I was a little annoyed that they told the whole story/plot in the small description….that was not at all the case. Whoa- hang on for a wild ride. A series of unfortunate events happen and the lead up to the climax gets a tad dramatic! They certainly got themselves in a pickle. It started to lose steam and became more like a telenovela than literature….very dramatic and drawn out in the end. So-so book….
Holly says: 🤓🤓🤓1/4
I started to write about this book, then I realized I didn’t remember what it was about. I had to get the book out and refresh my memory. While reading, it is an entertaining dysfunctional family saga, just not very memorable.
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