Jilly and George Gordon are readying their home for their
youngest
daughter's wedding to be held on Christmas day with
everyone staying at
their home on Nantucket Sound. The older daughter,
Lauren, is married
with two beautiful children and has always been the
perfect, organized
daughter. Felicia has always been the unpredictable and
flighty one.
Now she intends to marry a real outdoorsy, physical man,
rough around
the edges. Jilly has other ideas for the perfect partner
for Felicia.
As a sudden impulse, Jilly adopts a year old orange
tabby cat with an
attitude, named Rex. Rex fills Jilly's empty nest with
both girls being
gone. Preparing for a wedding would normally send Jilly
into a tizzy that
everything would be absolutely perfect. Well, not this
time. The groom-
to-be, Archie Galloway, finds his own place in her heart
and gains her
respect even though he isn't the well-dressed,
professional man she
would have chosen for her daughter.
Between all the mishaps and minor
accidents, this could be the experience to change Jilly's
mind on what's
really important in life and what it really takes to be
truly happy and
content, in realizing the emotional energy she has wasted
trying to make
life fit into a gilt-edged picture frame.
I thoroughly enjoyed this enchanting tale of a
devoted wife and mother
intent on everything being absolutely perfect throughout
life. The reader
will be inspired by the warmth and love that is
precipitated at the
Christmas season. Nancy Thayer has an ability to provide
the reader with a
delightful and heartrending story of love and commitment
of family. The
warmth and closeness only grows with each page that is
turned.
In this enchanting holiday novel from New York Times
bestselling author Nancy Thayer, family and friends gather
on Nantucket for a gorgeous winter wedding with plenty of
merry surprises in store.
As Christmas draws near, Felicia returns to her family’s
home on the island to marry her adventurous, rugged
boyfriend, Archie. Every detail is picture-perfect for a
dream wedding: the snow-dusted streets, twinkling lights in
the windows, a gorgeous red and white satin dress. Except a
lavish ceremony is not Felicia’s dream at all; it’s what her
mother, Jilly, wants. Jilly’s also worried that her
daughter’s life with daredevil Archie will be all hiking and
skydiving. Wondering if their handsome neighbor Steven Hardy
might be a more suitable son-in-law, Jilly embarks on a
secret matchmaking campaign for Felicia and the dashing
stockbroker.
As the big day approaches and Jilly’s older daughter,
Lauren, appears with rambunctious kids in tow, tensions in
the household are high. With the family careening toward a
Yuletide wedding disaster, an unexpected twist in Nancy
Thayer’s heartwarming tale reminds everyone about the true
meaning of the season.
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