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A Lily in Bloom is
a prize flower to be added to your garden, or bookshelf! This is a
wonderfully quirky story, with friendship, love, a little paranormal and
lots of weirdness tossed in for good measure. I found myself smiling as I
read about the antics of these characters, and teared up a time or two as
well.
Lily McVay is a 50 year
old divorcee, dumped by her husband for his young executive assistant. It
first gets strange with the divorce settlement. Lily gets the family
ancestral home with the stipulation that she bring his deceased mother’s
garden back to life. And she has to have it ready for the annual soiree of
the Garden Club.
Lily goes for it with the
help of her friends, her flaky neighbor and Will – the gardener to die for.
Of course Lily finds herself falling for him but can’t rationalize the age
difference. Will it seems is also falling for her – though it practically
takes a knock on the head for her to start to believe it. And try as Will
might there always seems to be something or someone coming between them.
In a Lily in
Bloom, Margaret Cunningham shows us that it is okay to go through the
bad times but not let them hold you back. To allow yourself to look forward
– no matter how hard it may seem at the time, and most importantly to allow
others to love you. These characters are wonderfully real (well most of
them anyway *wink*) and pull you right into their lives. Lily’s friends are
funny and supportive; friends we would love to call our own. The setting in
suburban Alabama is just right for this entertaining romp through Lily’s
life and garden and it wouldn’t seem right without Spanish moss draped from
the trees and azaleas in bloom. Even if you don’t have a love of flowers you
won’t be able to help but fall in love with this charming book.
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