The Tender Bonds

By ute carbone

Sometimes the end is a new beginning

There comes a moment when the past we left behind draws attention to itself and demands we come to terms with it. For Patty Dykstra, a woman who has long led an unassuming life, that moment comes after her aunt dies. Among a life’s worth of things, Patty finds unopened cards from her father, a man she hasn’t seen since she was six years old.

Patty is compelled to return to a small town in upstate New York to find the man who used to call her Star Shine, a man she barely remembers. The Tender Bonds is the story of Patty’s life-altering journey, of the faith and hope that grow in the meanest of places, and of what it means to be truly home.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Turquoise Morning Press
• Release date: May 20, 2015
• ISBN: 9781622374182

ute carbone

Ute Carbone  is an award winning author of contemporary women's fiction and historical fiction. She also writes  romantic comedy under her pen name, Annie Hoff.  She lives in NH with her husband. When not writing, you're likely to find her out in the woods pursuing her other life passion, photography.