Where Roses Grow: 1 - Brossura

Martel, Darryl

Brossura

ISBN 13: 9798227738080

Casa editrice: Darryl Martel, 2024

Riassunto

Jenny Hartley had always believed in the kind of life that came neatly wrapped with a bow. A five-bedroom house in the suburbs, a husband she'd built a life with, two grown children forging paths of their own. For years, she had curated this vision of stability and comfort, planting roots so deep she thought they'd never be disturbed.

But life had other plans.

She still remembered the day her world shifted. A quiet afternoon at the dining table, divorce papers spread across the polished wood. The signatures that dissolved decades of togetherness, leaving behind the echoes of promises once made in earnest.

Jenny didn't cry that day, not immediately. The tears came later, in the silence of her daughter Chloe's tiny flat, where she'd stayed for months, trying to piece herself back together. It was a small space with bright city lights and too much noise, and though Chloe was endlessly supportive, Jenny had felt unmoored.

Her life, once carefully ordered, had unraveled, and she'd been left staring at the threads. Who was she now, without the roles that had defined her for so long? A wife. A mother. A homemaker.

And then, one day, she remembered Barton Willow.

It had been a place of childhood summers, a sleepy village tucked into the rolling English countryside. She hadn't thought of it in years, but the memory of its cobbled lanes, ivy-covered cottages, and quiet simplicity came rushing back, a salve to the chaos in her mind.

What if she started over there?

The decision came slowly, cautiously, like dipping her toes into a cold stream. She sold the house, packed up her belongings, and took a leap of faith. Barton Willow was nothing like the life she'd left behind, but maybe that was the point.

Jenny arrived on the edge of spring, when the village was just beginning to wake from its winter slumber. She stepped into the small, slightly run-down cottage on the edge of the lane and wondered if she'd made the right choice. The paint was peeling, the garden overgrown, the rooms far smaller than what she was used to.

But there was something about the cottage that spoke to her, a quiet strength, a promise of possibilities.

Jenny had no idea what lay ahead. She didn't know that she'd find herself not just rebuilding her life, but uncovering secrets hidden beneath the peaceful surface of her new home. She didn't know that she'd forge new friendships, reconnect with her children, or rediscover parts of herself she'd thought lost forever.

All she knew was that, for the first time in years, she felt something she hadn't dared to feel in a long time...hope.

This was her second chance. A chance to grow, to heal, and to create a life that was truly her own.

And Jenny Hartley, though she didn't know it yet, was about to bloom.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Darryl Martel
• Data di pubblicazione: 2024
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 13: 9798227738080
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 86
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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