No Place Like Home, Barbara ONeal
No Place Like Home, Barbara ONeal
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No Place Like Home

Author: Barbara O'Neal

Narrator: Kristine Thatcher

Unabridged: 9 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 05/16/2017


Synopsis

An enriching and deeply moving novel about love and loss, the bonds of family and friends, and coming home by the USA Today bestselling author of When We Believed in Mermaids.Life didn’t turn out the way Jewel Sabatino planned. However long she’s been gone, home is waiting.At seventeen, Jewel fled Colorado for New York City and didn’t look back. Now she’s raising a teenage son alone and is a loving caretaker to her one true friend when she receives a surprising inheritance: her aunt’s Pueblo farm and one hundred acres of land. After decades, it’s time for Jewel to reconnect with everyone and everything she left behind.Her seventeen-year-old son, Shane, is finally meeting his relatives. Jewel’s soulmate, Michael, has a serene haven for his final days. And Jewel’s welcome back is one of a strong community embracing rich Sicilian traditions, three ebullient sisters preparing for a summer wedding, and a tearful and anxious mother with open arms. But for Jewel, it also means facing her father, who has never forgiven his favorite child for betraying him. And he may never forgive her.As Jewel’s emotional journey begins, an estranged visitor turns her life around again and could heal her wary heart in ways she never expected.Revised edition: This edition of No Place Like Home includes editorial revisions.

About Barbara O'Neal

Barbara O'Neal fell in love with restaurants and the secret language of spoons when she was sixteen. She spent more than a decade in various restaurants, from dives to cafés to high cuisine, before selling her first novel. O'Neal lives with her partner, a British endurance athlete, in Colorado Springs.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Wendy on May 01, 2024

This novel will definitely be one of my favourites this year! I got lost in this wonderful story that is beautifully written. It had my emotions going in every direction. A multigenerational family saga, love story, and deeply moving novel about love and loss, and the bonds of family and friends. Highl......more

Goodreads review by Jeanne on April 18, 2021

The story was happy and sad and magically real.........more

Goodreads review by Di on March 30, 2024

I was excited to see this book. I read Barbara O’Neils last two books and really enjoyed them. I was disappointed to find out that it is a re-release of a title originally published in 2014. WHAT I LIKE ABOUT THE BOOK: The storyline is good. Jewel has returned home to Colorado after estrangement for 2......more

Goodreads review by Renee on April 27, 2024

4.5 I just love this author and feel the feels every time. Definitely not highest literary level, but so good!......more