Patchwork Family

Written by Bonnie Tharp

Narrated by Jessica Goldapple

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?

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bryant Street Publishing
• Release date: Aug 13, 2024
• ISBN: 9781094470993

Bonnie Tharp

Born and raised in Kansas, Bonnie Tharp spent much of her formative years in her grandmother’s kitchen as an official taste tester. Although not much of a chef herself, she adores good food and believes all the best discussions happen at the kitchen table. While living with her husband and two spoiled Brittany Spaniels in the middle of the United States, Bonnie admits that when she’s not writing, she’s either reading, watching old movies, or painting.

Reviews for Patchwork Family

[Netti Craythorne · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

I stopped listening at the first sex scene. Seriously, are authors so hardup to sell their books that they have to become vulgar?

[lolagh0202 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great ? book. I enjoyed it. I recommend this book to anyone!

[Muzsi · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

This book is just soooo boring. The reader is good

[Jeanetta du Preez · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A story about family, friendship, fear and lots of love and care as well as the complexity of taking care of teens and tweens in your midlife, and how the past can hold you back, if you don't let go.

[Karen Chandler · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

This was a great written storyline of abuse, finding love, forgiveness, and starting over.

[Joyce Harout · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

OMG! The narrator is HORRIBLE!!! I got to chapter 2 and I gave up.