Millicent Glenns Last Wish, Tori Whitaker
Millicent Glenns Last Wish, Tori Whitaker
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Millicent Glenn's Last Wish

Author: Tori Whitaker

Narrator: Joshilyn Jackson

Unabridged: 11 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/01/2020

Synopsis

Three generations of women—and the love, loss, sacrifice, and secrets that can bind them forever or tear them apart.Millicent Glenn is self-sufficient and contentedly alone in the Cincinnati suburbs. As she nears her ninety-first birthday, her daughter Jane, with whom she’s weathered a shaky relationship, suddenly moves back home. Then Millie’s granddaughter shares the thrilling surprise that she’s pregnant. But for Millie, the news stirs heartbreaking memories of a past she’s kept hidden for too long. Maybe it’s time she shared something, too. Millie’s last wish? For Jane to forgive her.Sixty years ago Millie was living a dream. She had a husband she adored, a job of her own, a precious baby girl, and another child on the way. They were the perfect family. All it took was one irreversible moment to shatter everything, reshaping Millie’s life and the lives of generations to come.As Millie’s old wounds are exposed, so are the secrets she’s kept for so long. Finally revealing them to her daughter might be the greatest risk a mother could take in the name of love.

About Tori Whitaker

Tori Whitaker grew up in the Midwest. She now resides outside of Atlanta, Georgia, where she and her husband of more than forty years live near their two sons and their families. Tori belongs to the Historical Novel Society, and her feature article, “Multi-Period Novels: The Keys to Weaving Together Two Stories from Different Time Periods,” appeared in the Historical Novels Review. Tori graduated from Indiana University and is chief marketing officer for a national law firm. She is also an alum of the Yale Writers’ Workshop. Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader

Quick thoughts for pub week: Millicent Glenn’s Last Wish is such a good story. It’s about three generations of strong women and the secrets they keep. I absolutely loved Millicent’s character. When the story begins, it’s much later in her life, but the book travels back to her beginnings in the 1940......more

Goodreads review by Katie

3.5 stars Millicent Glenn is a character worth getting to know. Early on in the story I felt invested in her life. I thought it was a great choice by the author to introduce the character when she is in her 90s and then go back to the 1940s and 1950s to show her at a younger age and everything that h......more

Goodreads review by Belinda

This is the story of Millicent Glenn, told over two timelines. One when she’s in her 90’s in 2015 and one as a young wife and mother in the 40s and 50s. In the later timeline, she had a secret, one she is finally determined to tell her daughter and grand daughter. Through the earlier timeline we lear......more

Goodreads review by Pat

Where was the editor? Somewhere in this book there’s a good story. I felt as if I were slogging through unnecessary words and explanations in order to get to the gist of it.......more

Goodreads review by Susan

“There are secrets corroding us inside, truths that affect others we love but that can only come out when our hearts are ready to release them.” Those words are uttered by Kelsey, the granddaughter in this profound and deeply moving story about three generations of women that includes Kelsey’s mother......more

Quotes

“This touching story of the love and forgiveness between mothers and daughters will win fans.” —Library Journal“If you love midcentury nostalgia and novels that delve deep into family relationships, you’ll enjoy this well-crafted, historical tale.” —The Augusta Chronicle“This tenderly written, fast-moving tale of marriage, women’s friendships, and family reconciliation is satisfying and extremely moving.” —Historical Novel Society

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