About the Book
Young love means everything . . . until it leaves you with nothing.
The summer before her senior year of high school, Laney Jacobs and her best friend jump from a six-story beachside cliff in an attempt to impress their boyfriends. Laney rose from the water. Her friend did not.
Six years later, when Laney’s troubled mother’s memoir hits the bestseller list airing the family’s destructive secrets, Laney is forced to relive the trauma, this time in the public eye. To escape the scrutiny, she seeks shelter at her estranged grandmother’s seaside inn. But she can’t reconcile the loving woman with the heartless parent in her mother’s book. As she looks for answers, the ex-boyfriend who’d witnessed her darkest days reappears, stirring up both pain and hope.
When her mother’s vindictive fans threaten her grandmother’s livelihood and the lighthouse Laney has come to love, she turns to the century-old words of a young lighthouse keeper to help her find the courage to move forward. But once truths from the past come to light and old love finds new beginnings, will Laney discover that forgiveness is the only way toward true healing?
About the Author
Heidi Chiavaroli is a hope-inspired storyteller writing from the deep curiosity of her own heart. Her debut novel, Freedom’s Ring, was a Carol Award winner and a Christy Award finalist, a Romantic Times Top Pick, and a Booklist Top Ten Romance Debut. Her second Carol Award-winning novel, The Orchard House, is inspired by the lesser-known events in Louisa May Alcott’s life and led her to write The Orchard House Bed and Breakfast series, a contemporary twist on Little Women. Heidi makes her home in Massachusetts with her husband and two sons.
Review of the way back
This was the first book I’ve read by this author and it won’t be my last. The topic of the story drew me in and then kept me there. The way the author writes and the feelings the characters experienced, I felt as though I was right there. I loved the conversation between Jason and his father – how Jason had to let his father hear his hurt if he was going to heal from the pain of the past. He couldn’t simply dismiss his father’s apology as though it wasn’t important anymore; for both of their sakes, they needed to have that important difficult conversation to start the healing process. The book also got me thinking about the repercussions when people remember the narrative of their lives differently from others. There is serious pain and consequences involved if you don’t remember things correctly and damage an innocent person’s reputation.
This was an amazing book and I loved the dual history period aspect. Learning about the lighthouse was fascinating and I see this is a “book 1” so I’m excited to get to read more in this series from this author. I voluntarily reviewed a complimentary copy of this book which I received from the author. All views expressed are only my honest opinion.
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