Patchwork Family, Bonnie Tharp
Patchwork Family, Bonnie Tharp
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Patchwork Family

Author: Bonnie Tharp

Narrator: Jessica Goldapple

Unabridged: 9 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/13/2024


Synopsis

Sometimes beautiful things come from odd pieces of fabric, and it doesn't matter if they're a little tattered. They still keep you warm. Just like family.

Annabelle Hubbard thinks she has good reason to be exhausted all the time: she's the caretaker for three good-hearted but challenging grandkids and a three-legged cat named Ms. Pickles, plus she feels awkward about settling like a charity case into her grandmother's home, now owned by her wealthy cousin Regina in Wichita, Kansas.

Regina and Annabelle have always been close, and Regina doesn't begrudge her beleaguered cousin one bit of help. Family is family! After all, Annabelle supports Regina's romance with silver-haired Wichita attorney Sam Duncan, who encourages Regina to believe in herself again after years with a cheating husband.

But Regina and Annabelle's kinship is put to the test when Annabelle's ex-con son-in-law shows up demanding to get to know his kids. As Annabelle sets out on a healthy new lifestyle while accepting the romantic advances of a retired coach, Regina wrestles with Sam's marriage proposal, and the dramas of their quickly stitched-together family tug at the seams.

Will this patchwork family survive?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen on June 19, 2019

Loved the book. It was a continuation of Fiesty Family Values and I liked it more. The characters are very relatable. I also like the inclusion of their "thoughts." Being from Wichita, using landmarks that I knew made it interesting also! It also showed that women of a certain age could have romance......more

Goodreads review by Jacqueline on March 29, 2014

Patchwork Family is a worthy sequel to Feisty Family Values. It is one year later. Tillie and Joe are happily married and Tillie’s breast cancer continues to be in remission. Sam Duncan, Regina’s attorney and boyfriend, who is a dog lover, buys a puppy for Annabelle’s three grandchildren to enjoy an......more

Goodreads review by Ann on May 25, 2014

I enjoy this type of story. Multi-generations in the same home. Annabelle is 67 years young and raising her three grandchildren. 16 year old Peggy, 12 year old Tad and 10 year old Megan. Annabelle has the support of her cousins, Regina and Tilly. Stir in the children's father who has been gone for 1......more

Goodreads review by Tracy on June 17, 2017

I really enjoyed this read. The first book, Feisty Family Values, is a nice, gentle read. This one had more 'action' in it, which reflects the hustle and bustle, I think, of raising a 16 year old girl and two younger boys. There's a little more hurly-burly pace in this book when the kids show up in......more

Goodreads review by Juliewheatcox.Net on April 27, 2022

I loved that his story was set in Wichita, my hometown.......more