Never Say Never, Lisa Wingate
Never Say Never, Lisa Wingate
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Never Say Never

Author: Lisa Wingate

Narrator: Peggity Price, Johanna Parker

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/14/2010


Synopsis

"Lisa Wingate writes engaging stories that strike the heart."—Debbie Macomber, New York Times #1 bestselling author Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots—and she doesn't plan to. Donetta Bradford has never left her hometown of Daily, Texas, but as her marriage flounders, her life starts to feel too small. When the arrival of a hurricane cancels Donetta's cruise at the last minute and throws the two women together, Donetta leads Kai and a group of evacuees back to Daily.  The charm of the town—and the high school baseball coach, Kemp Eldridge—has Kai thinking twice about her wayfaring existence. She can almost picture settling down in Daily—until she discovers Kemp may be promised to someone else. Confronted with her husband's glaring absence, Donetta focuses instead on the people taking refuge from the storm. Daily has always been a welcoming place for those the wind blows in, but can Donetta come up with a happy ending for everyone—including herself?

About Lisa Wingate

We have all heard attributes given to a certain elementary teacher or teachers when an individual attains a certain high level of success. For author, Lisa Wingate, it was her very special first grade teacher in Northboro, Massachusetts, named Mrs. Krackhardt. She saw talent in a shy little girl who had just transferred into her class. She read Lisa's stories to the class, and Lisa was hooked on the attention of an audience.

Even though writing was always a career goal, Lisa Wingate had other priorities to also accomplish. She decided to wait to pursue her writing career in earnest until she had graduated college, gotten married, held a position as a journalist and technical writer, and had children. She had wanted girls, but got two boys instead, and was immediately in love with each one.

One day when the first Wingate baby was small, Lisa's grandmother came for an extended stay visit. During that visit, her grandmother was sitting with the baby, when she began to tell Lisa the story of her life. They had interrupted the planting of flower beds to go inside to quiet the baby. It was that conversation that inspired Wingate to write the story, "Time for Tending Roses", which turned into her first mainstream novel, Tending Roses.

Today, Tending Roses, was the first of several books inspired by life and written during stolen moments of a busy mom, wife, and writer. She has said.......who knew all of that would come from a quiet afternoon with grandma and an unfinished flower bed?

Even though Tending Roses is her sentimental favorite, Lisa has treasured every book because they always begin with an inspiration from life, and she never knows where that inspiration will lead her in story.

The best thing an aspiring author can hear from a reader of their work is.......I wonder what happens next?


Reviews

Goodreads review by Annissa on June 10, 2014

I really liked the story idea, but the problem was the ending. There is a pattern in this series that the beginning and middle of the story is full of fluff and many details. Then the story abruptly ends with very little splash. The endings do not match the style of writing with leaves the reader a......more

Goodreads review by Eileen on March 17, 2025

Super cute book that made me smile with all the funny characters of the book. The setting was in the small towns of Texas.......more

Goodreads review by Kelly on May 08, 2010

According to the back of the book: "Kai Miller floats through life like driftwood tossed by waves. She's never put down roots in any one place--and she doesn't plan to. But when a chaotic hurricane evacuation lands her in Daily, Texas, she begins to think twice about her wayfaring existence. And whe......more

Goodreads review by Jerry on January 22, 2016

This book started out good...but, after a while, it lost me.......more

Goodreads review by Angelc on March 18, 2010

I received a copy of this book for review from Bethany House Publishers. "Never Say Never" was so much more than what I expected! I thought it would be fluffy chick lit, but it was a meaningful, heartfelt story of two women flung together during a natural disaster. The story is told in alternating ch......more