The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr
Published by Mira on April 30, 2019
Genres: Contemporary, Women’s Fiction
Pages: 320
Format: ARC, Paperback
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#1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr delivers a poignant and powerful story about how one woman’s best intentions lead to the worst of situations and how the power of love helps her to heal and ultimately triumph.
From the outside looking in, Lauren Delaney has a life to envy—a successful career, a solid marriage to a prominent surgeon and two beautiful daughters who are off to good colleges. But on her twenty-fourth wedding anniversary Lauren makes a decision that will change everything.
Lauren won’t pretend things are perfect anymore. She defies the controlling husband who has privately mistreated her throughout their marriage and files for divorce. And as she starts her new life, she meets a kindred spirit—a man who is also struggling with the decision to end his unhappy marriage.
But Lauren’s husband wants his “perfect” life back and his actions are shocking. Facing an uncertain future, Lauren discovers an inner strength she didn’t know she had as she fights for the love and happiness she deserves.
I will confess, Robyn Carr is one of my favorite authors. I have a list of favorites, but she’s definitely on it. When I saw that she was releasing a new book that wasn’t a part of the Sullivan’s Crossing Series, I was excited to read it! Today’s post is about that new release – The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr.
Lauren Delaney carefully plans and then leaves her husband, Brad, and the perfect marriage that everyone thought she was living for the past 24 years. In fact, Lauren knew the well known surgeon was the wrong choice for her as she dressed in her wedding dress on her wedding day. Brad was never satisfied and constantly belittled and demeaned Lauren.
As she begins the divorce process while building her new life, Lauren meets Beau Magellan by chance in the beautiful gardens of a church. Beau is going a lot of the same things Lauren is fleeing and has plenty of his own baggage. Neither Lauren nor Beau are searching for a new love interest, but their growing friendship gives a certain amount of strength to each of them as they make difficult decisions in their lives.
The View from Alameda Island shines a spotlight on the pain and grief that divorces cause on all concerned. The story also shows readers that even though leaving toxic relationships is painful, the possibility of a future life and healing can be achieved. The View from Alameda Island by Robyn Carr is an amazing read from start to finish. The characters that are very relatable in more ways than one. I’m never disappointed with a book from this Robyn Carr and I look forward to the next!
Robyn Carr was a young mother of two in the mid-1970s when she started writing fiction, an Air Force wife, educated as a nurse, whose husband’s frequent assignment changes made it difficult for her to work in her profession. Little did the aspiring novelist know then, as she wrote with babies on her lap, that she would become one of the world’s most popular authors of romance and women’s fiction, that 11 of her novels would earn the #1 berth on the New York Times bestselling books list.
Robyn and her now-retired husband enjoy traveling, often taking research trips together. Their children are grown—her son is an Army surgeon; her daughter, a police detective/hostage negotiator. Robyn says that, in addition to reading her novels and making snide remarks about how she’s used family scenarios to her advantage, they have made her a happy grandmother.
I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from Little Bird Publicity. All views expressed are only my honest opinion. Thank you Little Bird!!
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