One Simple Refrain, Nancy Ann Healy
One Simple Refrain, Nancy Ann Healy
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One Simple Refrain

Author: Nancy Ann Healy

Narrator: Xe Sands

Unabridged: 10 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 03/29/2022

Categories: Fiction, Lgbtq+, Romance


Synopsis

Dr. Jillian Byers only considered two careers: indie rock sensation or physician. Both dreams led her to Los Angeles. She never plotted a course that led back home. With her father's health declining, Jillian picks up her life and returns to Crystal, Maine. At first, it seems time has stood still in her hometown. It doesn't take long for Jillian to realize nothing is quite the way she remembers.

Returning to life in rural Maine never occurred to Marjorie (MJ) Willard. A successful professor, MJ finds herself at a crossroads after a painful divorce. Her mother suggests MJ move back to Crystal with her seven-year-old daughter, Chloe. Needing an escape, MJ agrees. She never dreamed she'd come face to face with her high school crush. Life gets interesting when MJ collides with Jillian Byers at their thirtieth high school reunion.

An unexpected friendship helps Jillian and MJ cope with loss, change, and a few secrets from the past. Finding the way home summons a million questions and some interesting discoveries. There's no greater surprise than falling in love. Sometimes all it takes to make sense of the world is One Simple Refrain.

About Nancy Ann Healy

Nancy Ann Healy is a woman of many talents and interests. She has worked as everything from a bookstore manager to a standup comedian, and she enjoys movies, theater, and karaoke in her free time. Healy is happily married to her wife, Melissa. Together they have a son, Chris, and two dogs, Maggie and Sydney Bristow. The family currently lives in Connecticut, where Healy is completing her studies in social justice through Arizona State University and working on her next novel.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Jane

I’m in the minority here. I slogged through this book from the halfway point. So. Many. Words. So much talk, and much of it presented as pearls of wisdom about life’s meanings. But the only thing profound about this book is its lack of profundity. There’s a sweet love story hidden under the cover of......more

Goodreads review by Elske

4.3 stars Great romantic and emotional story with lovely characters that communicated well with each other. This book was well written, though sometimes too longwinded and a bit repetitive. There were some good philosophical and ethical deliberations in this book. But in my opinion these would have b......more

Goodreads review by Linda

This is just not for me. I truly struggled to complete the book and had to skip a fair number of pages… There were just too many dialogues, too much talking about the same issues over and over again among all the characters. Enough already. Life is just too short to rehearse it again and again.......more

Goodreads review by Kexx

Very muted book which never really raised the emotional level, felt mundane, inevitable almost. Even the introduction with a child failed, for me, to carry the story forward.......more