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Family Baggage

Family Baggage, June 2006
by Monica McInerney

Ballantine
Featuring: Harriet Turner
512 pages
ISBN: 0345490126
Trade Size
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"Emotional, realistic family saga will tug at your heart."

Fresh Fiction Review

Family Baggage
Monica McInerney

Reviewed by Morgan Chilson
Posted June 13, 2006

Women's Fiction Contemporary

Turner Travel wears the badge of a family travel agency well. That is, until Mom and Dad of the clan die within a couple of months of each other. The agency is left to their three children, Harriet, James and Austin, as well as James' wife, Melissa, and a foster daughter, Lara. An old family friend who has worked for the agency for years is also part owner. But without the guiding hands of their parents, the family becomes embroiled in the secrets that are built into the threads of all families. Harriet is testing the waters by leading her first group out since she had a breakdown after her parents' deaths. She and Lara had not been speaking to each other, for reasons no one else understands, but Harriet begins to put that behind her in concern when Lara disappears. James' wife, Melissa, seems to be running the agency, making changes the others don't agree with, and Austin has separated himself from the business, working as a musician. The Turner family is unraveling, giving readers a glimpse of pure emotion in another winner by Ms. McInerney. Well- developed characters, believable personalities and heart- clogging emotions spill through the pages of this family saga. Don't miss a single one of this writer's books!

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SUMMARY

Harriet Turner knows all about journeys. She’s arranged hundreds of them for her family’s travel agency. Now Harriet is joining her adopted sister, Lara, to lead a group through the Cornish countryside. But when Lara fails to appear at the airport as planned, Harriet finds herself in uncharted territory and suddenly alone with a busload of eccentric seniors. As the tour wends its way through the picturesque landscape, Harriet must uncover her sister’s whereabouts and confront long-held family secrets involving Lara’s arrival 25 years ago...not to mention keeping track of more baggage – real and emotional – than she ever expected.


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