I really liked this book! I grabbed it off of the shelf in the library in a hurry because my six year old was ready to go. The story is about two sisters who discover their dying mother's diary. The diary tells the story of their mother's love life prior to her getting married. Without getting extremely detailed on the character's you still find yourself rooting for them and connecting with them. Some of the other reviews said it was too far fetched, but isn't that why you read and don't watch the news? To experiance something that most likely is NOT going to happen to you. It was a great quick read and I would reccomend it to anyone!!! With their father dead and their mother in the hospital dying, two daughters find their mother’s diary while cleaning out their parents’ home. The diary told the story of their mother’s love of two men. Their mother wrote of how her mother didn’t approve of the man she truly loved and how her mother convinced her to marry the man she saw as most suitable. The daughters were shocked to learn that their mother didn’t marry the man she loved but had settled on their father. The Diary ended when their mom married. The daughters, wanting to learn the entire story, planned to visit the town where their mother grew up to learn the rest of the story as their mother couldn’t fill them in being left mute after a massive stroke. Fortunately, they learned the rest of the story at their mother’s funeral when the other man showed up to show his respects.The Diary was a tender story that was well written with an unexpected twist. Susan Ericksen did an okay job in telling the story.
Loved this book. Wonderful surprise at the end - Couldn't put it down!
—asia
Kind of predictable, but it was a sweet love story. Like a classic.
—Gabriel
Great book - quick read with an unexpected twist!
—yaya
AUDIO. Great narrator. Good story.
—ricecakes
3 1/2 star
—Jordanitis
