Monday, March 11, 2013

The Truth About Love and Lightning/Susan McBride/305 pages

Gretchen Brink has been living a lie since she was seventeen. Her mother, Annika, was unfailingly truthful, blunt and oftentimes hurtful, and everyone around her suffered from her honesty. Since Gretchen's lie made two people happy, and her life better, who could blame her for lying about her unborn child's father? Sam, her best friend, left on a mission trip to Africa after graduation and had been reported as missing and presumed dead, so his parents were thrilled to know that they still had a part of him with them.

Nearly forty years later, her lie may have caught up with her. The "man who might be Sam" seemingly drops from the sky during a storm right into Gretchen's life. He's nearly unconscious when she finds him in the walnut grove and has no memory of who he is and what he's doing there when he awakens. As much as Gretchen would love to have Sam back in her life, if he remembers who he is, he'll know her daughter isn't his and the truth may devastate her daughter.

A sweet story from a local author. The back story about Sam's heritage was a highlight of the book.

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