3 1/2 stars. This was a fast read with a sweet, cute storyline. It's about a family coming together after losing a loved one. They learn to reconnect & love again. The story moved along quickly & fluidly. I like that it takes place in the present (when I first started I would've guessed the setting was much earlier) with flashbacks & snippets from their life. As a reader, you really get to know the characters. Steven Manchester has written a story about the redemption of the family. In the process, he invites the reader to look within themselves for areas in their lives where they need to rebuild bridges with their own family.The patriarch of the McCarthy family is in the sunset of his years and reflecting on his life and relationships with his family. He sees where he has failed and succeeded as a father and husband. However, there is a rift within the relationship with his son that he does not understand or think will ever heal. There comes a day, however, when his son reveals the reason in a fit of anger. The elder McCarthy then sets about to rebuild the trust and open the door to his heart to his son.During his lifetime the elder McCarthy has carved the names of his growing family into the arm of his rocking chair while sitting on the porch of his house in the evenings. This is his legacy to his children.I could not read this without being reminded of the relationship God has with us and how it hurt him deeply when man fell. God, the Father, then put in motion the plan to redeem his family to himself.Thank you, Steven Manchester, for allowing us to explore our own lives while enjoying the telling of the McCarthy's.
What do You think about The Rocking Chair (2013)?
Family missteps and family hurts... Good story about the road back to each other.
—feroshi
