COTTAGE BY THE SEA by Robin Jones Gunn is a clean, wonderful
story
of family, faith, love, healing, and forgiveness. COTTAGE
BY THE SEA is
the story of Erin Bryce. She has just started a wedding
planning business
with her best friend, Sharlene, which is called The Happiest
Day. The very
first day that their business is opened Erin gets the
dreaded phone call that
her father has had a stroke. He lives in a small town on
the coast of
Oregon and Erin leaves Southern California to go to her
father. Her father
has remarried and Erin doesn't like his wife, Delores very
much. As soon
as she gets there, her tension level is stretched to its
limits when she has to
deal with Delores.
Fast forward to almost a year and a half later and Erin has
learned that her
father is not doing so well. It seems he has had quite a few
strokes since
she has seen him last. She is furious at Delores for not
telling her but,
Delores tells her she was just following her fathers wishes.
Erin isn't buying
any of it and drives back up to see her Dad. While she is
there, Delores
tells her this isn't what she signed up for and has no
intention of staying
and taking care of her dad while he slowly dies. Erin is
besides herself and
decides to stay for the long haul and take care of her
father. She gives up
everything in her life to be there for her dad. She will not
walk away from
him when he needs her the most. Along the way, she learns
so much from
her father and they do a lot of reminiscing about her
mother. She starts to
understand why her father is the way he is.
I finished COTTAGE BY THE SEA with tears in my eyes and a
lump in my
throat. This was my first book by Robin and it won't be my
last. She has
written over eighty books and now I want to read them all.
She has a way
of pulling you in right from the very first page and doesn't
let you go until
she is finished with her story. This story will pull at
your heart strings as
your heart breaks for Erin and her father. It will also make
you smile and
warm your heart as they reconnect and bond as the illness
takes father
away from her. Robin is an outstanding writer and I'm so
excited to read
more of her books. After you read COTTAGE BY THE SEA I'm
sure you
will be hooked as well. Keep the tissues handy!
From bestselling and award-winning author Robin Jones
Gunn—a poignant novel about a woman who must care for her
ill and elderly father, hoping to mend both his health and
their relationship.
Erin’s new business as a wedding
planner is running at full speed and her empty nest years
are full of promise when she receives a call that puts
everything on hold: her estranged father has had a stroke.
The twinkle is fading from Jack O’Riley’s Irish eyes and his
calloused second wife leaves, making it clear this is not
what she signed up for.
Suddenly Erin’s visit to her father’s cottage by the sea is
extended indefinitely. At first the task before her is as
daunting as the wild Oregon coast that has become her
unwanted second home. Yet in the many hours she spends
beside her ailing father, Erin finds a treasure hidden in
the darkness. She reaches out and, at long last, receives
the gift of healing
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