Night of Miracles/Elizabeth Berg/261 pgs

This story picks up a few years after Berg’s heartwarming book, The Story of Arthur Truluv ends. Maddie and her daughter, Nola, have moved out of the house Arthur left to Maddie when he died, because she is getting married.  But, Lucille stills lives there.

Lucille is busy with her baking classes that Maddie encouraged her to teach.  In fact, she is so busy that she hires Iris Winters to help her on the business side of things.  Lucille also has new neighbors next door who have a young son who adores Lucille.  Lucille helps out by watching the boy while his parents struggle with his mother’s illness.  This is one of the things that keeps Lucille vital.

But, Lucille being nearly 90 years old starts to show her age.  Lucille reluctantly begins to let Iris handle more of the class preparations and eventually the teaching duties.

Lucille and Iris’s loving hands touch more than just the goods they bake in this heart wrenching story.