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A review by cctblog
Glory Road by Lauren K. Denton
4.0
Glory Road is a beautiful, slowly-paced story about three strong women from one family: 38-year-old Jessie, who returned to her hometown following her divorce; Jessie's 14-year-old daughter Evan, just about to begin her freshman year of high school; and Jessie's swiftly-approaching-70 mother Gus, who's desperately trying to hide her declining health from Jessie and Evan. The chapters alternate among the three women, and I found myself especially drawn to Jessie's chapters.
There is, of course, romance involved, and I really enjoyed where love (or like, in Evan's case) took each woman. Ben, Jessie's "one that got away," was especially wonderful, and I adored Gus's love story.
This book is fairly long (349 pages), but I actually would've liked for it to be longer! Especially near the end of the novel, there are several time jumps of a week, two weeks, or even a month or more, and I felt like I was missing something! I just wanted to spend more time immersed in the lives of the McBride women.
Glory Road is my first Lauren K. Denton novel, but it won't be my last. (I own her two other books already; now I just need to find the time to read them!) It's a beautiful, comforting, sweetly Southern novel that I won't soon forget. 4-1/2 stars.
Disclosure of material connection: I received this book from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review, and the opinions expressed are my own.
There is, of course, romance involved, and I really enjoyed where love (or like, in Evan's case) took each woman. Ben, Jessie's "one that got away," was especially wonderful, and I adored Gus's love story.
This book is fairly long (349 pages), but I actually would've liked for it to be longer! Especially near the end of the novel, there are several time jumps of a week, two weeks, or even a month or more, and I felt like I was missing something! I just wanted to spend more time immersed in the lives of the McBride women.
Glory Road is my first Lauren K. Denton novel, but it won't be my last. (I own her two other books already; now I just need to find the time to read them!) It's a beautiful, comforting, sweetly Southern novel that I won't soon forget. 4-1/2 stars.
Disclosure of material connection: I received this book from the publisher. I was not required to write a positive review, and the opinions expressed are my own.