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The Way It Should Be by Christina Suzann Nelson

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Also by Christina Suzann Nelson:

What Happens Next, January 2023
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Shaped by the Waves, February 2022
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The Way It Should Be, February 2021
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More Than We Remember, February 2020
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THE WAY IT SHOULD BE
By: Christina Suzann Nelson

Bethany House Publishers
February 2021
On Sale: February 2, 2021
352 pages
ISBN: 0764235397
EAN: 9780764235399
Kindle: B08CJK1K51
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Contemporary | Fiction | Christian

After years of estrangement, the lives of Zara Mahoney and her twin sister, Eve, are suddenly and completely intertwined again. Eve's troubled lifestyle causes the state to take custody of her two children and contact Zara and her husband, asking them to consider foster care. Newlywed Zara thought she'd finally been given a fresh start and feels wholly unprepared to care for a niece and nephew whose existence she wasn't even aware of.

Meanwhile, Eve may have a real chance to start over this time with the help of Tiff Bradley, who's dedicated to helping women everyone else has given up on after facing a heartbreaking tragedy in her own family.

Over the course of one summer, all three women's hearts and lives hang in the balance as Eve desperately works toward a new life. Can they redefine their expectations of how life should be to find the hope they--and those they love--so desperately need?