My Thoughts:
Suzanne Woods Fisher is known for her sweet, wholesome, Christian novels and this latest novel is a perfect beach read, fast, sticky and sweet. The relationship between mom Marnie and daughter Dawn is so realistic. Both of the women have something to teach each other and each of them has their own work to do on themselves.
For Dawn, whose long time boyfriend and fiancee has called off the wedding, bringing her mom on her solo honeymoon was something she wanted to do to repair their relationship after the sudden loss of her father. Her mother also drops the news that after her father's death, her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and went through the surgery and radiation therapy alone without saying anything to her only child, Dawn.
For Marnie, she sees an opportunity to ignore her feelings around cancer by moving forward. The abandoned ice cream shop on Main Street gives her the perfect opportunity to do something with her life that also connects her to Dawn and her late husband's passion for making the perfect vanilla ice cream. Her dreams for the future easily distract her from the pain of the past as long as she can also ignore the very insistent chairwoman of the local Historical Society.
Truly another charming read by Fisher.
From the Publisher:
Dawn Dixon can hardly believe she's on a groomless honeymoon on beautiful Cape Cod . . . with her mother. Sure, Marnie Dixon is good company, but Dawn was supposed to be here with Kevin, the love of her life (or so she thought).
Marnie Dixon needs some time away from the absolute realness of life as much as her jilted daughter does, and she's not about to let her only child suffer alone--even if Marnie herself had been doing precisely that for the past month.
Given the circumstances, maybe it was inevitable that Marnie would do something as rash as buy a run-down ice-cream shop in the town's tightly regulated historic district. After all, everything's better with ice cream.
Her exasperated daughter knows that she's the one who will have to clean up this mess. Even when her mother's impulsive real estate purchase brings Kevin back into her life, Dawn doesn't get her hopes up. Everyone knows that broken romances stay broken . . . don't they?
Welcome to a summer of sweet surprises on Cape Cod--a place where dreams just might come true.
Author: Suzanne Woods Fisher
Publisher: Revell
Publication date: May 2, 2022
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