Lily for a Day
Marti Darnell is convinced she was an inadequate mother to her two daughters, but both have married and moved on with their lives, and Marti is content with her non-eventful existence. She and her husband Harold own and operate Darnell Daylily Farm in Tennessee where their daughters were raised, and Marti still has her friends, including Steve, their employee and neighbor.
Then Harold falls off the roof of their small office building and lands on Marti, breaking her ankle and his own wrist. That same day, Glenna, the oldest daughter and Steve's former fiancée, calls to say she’s leaving her Hollywood producer husband and moving back home. Marti and Harold’s injuries necessitate more contact with their other daughter, the perpetually disapproving Candie, and her busy physician husband Matt. Add to this mix the charming home health care nurse, who falls for Steve, and then Jake, Glenna’s estranged husband, who comes to Tennessee to try to win his wife back. A gorgeous movie star follows Jake and then makes a play for Candie’s husband. When Candie leaves Matt and moves back to the daylily farm, Marti realizes they have come full circle. Can she be a wiser mother to her girls this second time around? And will her grown daughters pay any more attention to her advice now that they’ve experienced their own failures? To buy Lily for a Day, find your favorite online bookstore by clicking HERE.
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ReviewCarolynn Carey has written an exceptionally humorous and warm look at a family from the mother's self-deprecating point of view. This book is full of superb dialogue and characters, each adding another facet to the story. This is one of those novels wrapped in good country values, morals, and a lot of laughter. It's easy to recommend it as a book that's most likely to brighten your day. 
Lily for a Day came in third place in the mainstream category of the 2009 Lories contest sponsored by From the Heart Romance Writers. |
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