The Second Mother, Jenny Milchman
The Second Mother, Jenny Milchman
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The Second Mother

Author: Jenny Milchman

Narrator: Samara Naeymi

Unabridged: 13 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 08/18/2020


Synopsis

Opportunity: Teacher needed in one-room schoolhouse on remote island in Maine. Certification in grades K-8 a must.

Julie Weathers isn't sure if she's running away or starting over, but moving to a remote island off the coast of Maine feels right for someone with reasons to flee her old life. The sun-washed, sea-stormed speck of land seems welcoming, the lobster plentiful, and the community close and tightly knit. She finds friends in her nearest neighbor and Callum, a man who appears to be using the island for the same thing as she: escape.

But as Julie takes on the challenge of teaching the island's children, she comes to suspect that she may have traded one place shrouded in trouble for another, and she begins to wonder if the greatest danger on Mercy Island is its lost location far out to sea, or the people who live there.

About Jenny Milchman

Jenny Milchman is a USA Today bestselling author. She has won the Mary Higgins Clark Award and the Silver Falchion Award. A member of the board of directors for International Thriller Writers, she lives in the Hudson River Valley with her family.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Nilufer

Yeap, we have another Switzerland book: that I didn’t adore but I don’t have any negative feelings about it so I decided to meet in the middle. We have a promising coastal setting and intriguing start: Julie Weathers wants a fresh start after her loss of baby and divorce, moves to the remote island......more

3.5 stars! Julie Weathers is a teacher drawn to a remote island in Maine to teach in a one-room schoolhouse. She receives a warm welcome with beautiful scenery upon her arrival. Julie discovers others may also be on this island for escape from an old life. As time goes on, she begins to feel the dang......more

2.5 stars rounded up. It was just too long and drawn out, not much happened. Also, I didn't feel the characters, and their connections were developed enough. Thank you Sourcebooks Landmark and NetGalley for this ARC in exchange for an honest review.......more

Goodreads review by Darla

Having a hard time rating this book. I think I will land at 3.25. There were full on drama moments that I could visualize in technicolor. The setting was picturesque, yet rugged and remote. Julie is a broken woman. She is sliding down into alcoholism, assisted by her hapless husband. Then she sees t......more

Goodreads review by Carol

With her ever masterful sense of place and astute psychological insight, Jenny Milchman takes us on a journey from the Adirondack Mountains to a remote island off the coast of Maine, and from the dark depths of grief into the light. This is a harrowing and heart wrenching story that earns its place......more