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A review by attytheresa
The Country Guesthouse by Robyn Carr
3.0
This is a quiet story about loss, love, parenting and family, with a sideswipe of criminal behavior just to provide challenge and a bit of edge. There's a calm and sense of home about this author's books, especially the series ones like this.
Hannah comes home early from a corporate retreat gone south to find her fiancee in bed with her assistant. Just a few days later, Hannah's life takes a real left turn when her best friend dies and leaves Hannah as guardian and trustee for her 5 YO disabled son, Noah. Noah is adorable and on the page is far too mature for a 5 YO but it works. Hannah rents a beautiful mountain home near Leadville, CO to give Noah and herself a chance to bond during a summer vacation. While there, they form a bond with loney Owen, the gifted photographer/essayist who owns the property and has his own personal tragedy behind him. The book is mostly about how these 3 people become a family and part of the community at Sullivan's Crossing, but there is also a disruption to be overcome when Noah's previously unknown extended family turn up and try to gain custody.
This is the latest in Carr's Sullivan's Crossing series, and we have an opportunity to reconnect with many of those whose stories make up the series. Of course all works out in the end. I also enjoyed revisiting that area of CO, as I've actually been to Leadville and spent a little time there. Thsi brought back the quaintness of the town with its old west feel and the beauty of the Rockies surrounding it.
Hannah comes home early from a corporate retreat gone south to find her fiancee in bed with her assistant. Just a few days later, Hannah's life takes a real left turn when her best friend dies and leaves Hannah as guardian and trustee for her 5 YO disabled son, Noah. Noah is adorable and on the page is far too mature for a 5 YO but it works. Hannah rents a beautiful mountain home near Leadville, CO to give Noah and herself a chance to bond during a summer vacation. While there, they form a bond with loney Owen, the gifted photographer/essayist who owns the property and has his own personal tragedy behind him. The book is mostly about how these 3 people become a family and part of the community at Sullivan's Crossing, but there is also a disruption to be overcome when Noah's previously unknown extended family turn up and try to gain custody.
This is the latest in Carr's Sullivan's Crossing series, and we have an opportunity to reconnect with many of those whose stories make up the series. Of course all works out in the end. I also enjoyed revisiting that area of CO, as I've actually been to Leadville and spent a little time there. Thsi brought back the quaintness of the town with its old west feel and the beauty of the Rockies surrounding it.