As a Mississippi native, I always enjoy finding books that take place in Mississippi or have some tie to my MS roots. So, when I saw that one of the characters in Almost Home was a widower from Mississippi I got excited. Plus, the sepia tones of the front porch with it's white rockers and faint yellow flowers didn't hurt one little bit either. There is a small nod to the Mississippi state flower as well with the magnolia in the vase between the rockers.
My grandmother had a HUGE magnolia tree in her front yard. Sweet memories. However, there are many other fascinating characters in Almost Home besides the Mississippi widower. There is a young couple from the Midwest, a middle aged couple from Chicago, a World War II veteran, and all the lovely characters from the small Alabama town that serves as the backdrop of the storyline. The characters of Almost Home and their importance to the overall story came as a bit of a surprise as I read the book. What I assumed in the beginning got turned around as the story progressed and by the end of the book I realized that what I had expected the book to be about at first sort of shifted somewhere along the way and the slight twist brought about a beautiful development. Sorry, that's all I will give you on that. The story was very clean and I would have no problem allowing my unmarried daughter to read this book. The "house speaking" to one of the characters was a little odd, but somehow it worked ok and I was able to move past the issue. I will admit that I was a little concerned in the beginning though. Almost Home is a beautiful, comforting read by author Valerie Fraser Luesse. I throughly enjoyed it and am looking forward to more from this author. Blessings, The Mother
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October 2019
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