It's been an interesting year at Ladybug Farm, to say the
least. After uprooting their city lives for a life of
countrified living in the Shenandoah Valley, Bridget
Tindale and her best friends Cici Burke and Lindsay Wright
are still at it as they work to restore the rundown
Blackwell Farms to its former glory. Its been a lot of work
but its also been a lot of fun for the ladies.
In her latest installment of the Ladybug Farm story, author
Donna Ball treats her readers to more fun and excitement
with AT HOME ON LADYBUG FARM.
Through the year the girls have picked up three additional
residents to the manor. Originally thought to be the ghost
of the house, elderly but feisty Ida Mae was the original
housekeeper for the Blackwell family and has stayed to help
out the "city gals." Cici's daughter, Lori, has moved in
after a disastrous semester at college, and is determined
to find just the right business for the farm to undertake
to stay solvent. And then there is 16 year old Noah Clete,
the young homeless drifter who Lindsay has take a shine to,
and who all the ladies want to help turn his life around,
whether he wants it or not.
As the renovations continue on the huge mansion, more and
more of the house's history begins to shine through. Why
was there a false floor in the barn, what was the dark
stain on the living room floor, and who painted the
beautiful murals that had been hidden behind false walls?
Residents from the past answer these questions in
alternating chapters, telling the home's occupation as a
world-class winery and cheese factory, a haven for World
War II military wives, and it's life after the Civil War.
And all the stories intertwine with the present to bring a
sweet circle of completion for everyone involved.
Donna Ball has created a delightful world in her Ladybug
Farm novels. Her characters are lively and endearing, and
readers will feel a longing to join the girls on the front
porch in the evenings as they reminisce about the day's
activities. And I, for one, want to get my hands on some of
that Blackwell Farm wine jelly!
From the award-winning author of A Year on Ladybug
Farm comes the continuing story of three women who learn
what it takes to turn a house into a home.
A
year after taking the chance of a lifetime, Cici, Lindsay,
and Bridget are still trying to make a home for themselves
on the newly-renovated Ladybug Farm. Life in the Shenandoah
Valley is picturesque, but filled with unexpected trials-
such as the introduction of two young people into the
ordered life the women have tried to build for themselves.
As the walls of the old house reveal their secrets
and the lives of those who have gone before begin to unfold,
the cobbled-together household starts to disintegrate into
chaos. And when one of their members is threatened by a real
crisis, they must all come together to fight for the roots
they've laid down, the hopes they share, and the family
they've become.
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