MIRA
Featuring: Dana Sue Sullivan; Ronnie Sullivan
400 pages ISBN: 077832415X EAN: 9780778324157 Kindle: B003U89SSY Paperback / e-Book Add to Wish List
Dana Sue was the free spirited member of the group of three
friends, Maddie, Helen & Dana Sue commonly referred to as
the Sweet Magnolias. She married her high school sweetheart,
had a daughter, Annie, and then proceeded with a rather
non-directional married life. Both Dana Sue and husband
Ronnie preferred non-committed choices for employment,
waitress, construction work but then life caught up with
them and quite simply they had to grow up and mature.
Ronnie's one night stand created unimaginable chaos in the
Sullivan family manifesting itself in the form of major
health issues for both Annie and Dana Sue. Annie's reaction
to her father's infidelity and her parents divorce was to
literally starve. Dana Sue threw herself into starting a
restaurant which provided her with an avenue for her cooking
talents but also a convenient hideout when life got rocky.
Both were busy hiding their problems from each other but
their friends in Serenity were getting very anxious. Annie's
eating problem was becoming more obvious with her skeletal
appearance and more pressing was the toll it was taking on
her health. Dana Sue had also thrown caution to the wind
with her own denial of the possibility of becoming a
diabetic. Dana Sue's habit of eating comfort foods made
Annie all the more angry at her mother and a vicious cycle
ensued. Ronnie was called upon to return to Serenity to help
Annie recover after her latest collapse sent her to the
hospital in serious condition.
This isn't so much a story about eating disorders. It's a
story about maturing, learning and dealing with life and its
problems -- not running away from or avoiding them. Annie's
eating disorder is the catalyst for change in the Sullivan
family. Both parents will be judged by how they ultimately
resolve this. They failed test one when they chose the easy
way out of a challenge to their marriage. Annie's health is
test two. This is a test they can't afford to fail -- but the
question is do they have the right stuff.
A SLICE OF HEAVEN is the second installment of the Sweet
Magnolia series and it takes us on a journey to find inner
strength and confidence. It tells us the story of Dana Sue
and once again the friends have their work cut out for them.
Woods gives us another glimpse into small town living whose
inhabitants seem to live in glass houses and news of chaos
travels faster then light. As in STEALING HOME, the first
installment, this book deals with life's travails. There are
all kinds of survival and life choices. They say time heals
all wounds and the clock is ticking loudly in Serenity for
the Sullivan family.
I'm looking forward to the last installment of this fine
series. Enjoy!
Dana Sue might run the best little restaurant in Serenity,
but when you're feeding a small town of neighbors,
busybodies and best friends, things can get a bit hot in
the kitchen. Never mind that she's putting on too many
pounds (an occupational hazard for a chef)—she's worried
about her too-skinny teenage daughter, Annie, who has been
slowly starving herself since the loud, suitcase-tossing,
name-calling fit on her front lawn that left Dana Sue minus
one cheating husband.
But sometimes life picks strange ways to mend fences. When
Annie lands in the hospital, Dana Sue reaches out to the
man she loves to hate: Ron, the husband who took her heart
when she tossed him out. Ron is still Annie's white knight,
even if he's decidedly more tarnished in Dana Sue's eyes.
But he still looks good enough to eat, and maybe, just
maybe, to forgive. Once, Ron made the mistake of letting go
without a proper fight. But now Dana Sue is about to get
another taste of sweet devotion from a man tired of feeling
like a fool, hungry for that slice of heaven he found with
her….
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