The Rift Between Us - Marsh, Rebecca L

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Résumé :
This might just be one of the best stories I've read all year. I honestly mean that; I 110% mean that. I highly recommend this book. - For the love of Dewey book blog

Three estranged sisters are brought back together by their father's last wish. But are two weeks enough to heal years of resentment?

After a family dinner turns into a bitter fight, sisters Maria, Lauren, and Avery decide to go their separate ways. Their father warns them that someday they will need one another. When he dies suddenly, they learn that he intends to make sure that they do. He's left them a substantial inheritance, far more than any of them ever imagined.

There's just one catch. If they want the money, they will have to spend two weeks together at a secluded lake house and follow all of their father's instructions-no matter how strange.

Their task seems simple enough, but each one is holding onto painful secrets and old grudges the others know nothing about. But if they can learn to trust each other again, they might be able to mend the rift between them and give their father his dying wish.

★★★★★ The emotions made me tear up. The writing was well done and I could easily put myself in this book. It held my interest all the way through. - Goodreads reviewer

The Rift Between Us is a captivating, emotional family drama about broken relationships and the ties that bind. A great choice for fans of Kristin Hannah, Mary Kay Andrews, and Nicholas Sparks.

Biographie:
I 110% mean that. I highly recommend this book. - For the love of Dewey book blog

Three estranged sisters, a father's dying wish, and two weeks at a secluded lake house. But are two weeks enough to mend the rift between them?

Maria is smoking again, and who could blame her? Her husband barely looks at her anymore and never helps with the kids. Her son is struggling with a learning disability, her daughter is desperate for more attention than Maria ever has time to give, and her sisters are both too self-absorbed to even have a clue about how her life is falling apart. Her father is the last stronghold in her life and the only one paying enough attention to notice the reoccurrence of her dirty little habit.

Lauren is working as hard as she can with two jobs, but still can't keep up with the medical bills. After years of being irresponsible with money, her sisters have refused to help her. She can't really blame them. She's been asking them to bail her out of financial trouble for years when she could have handled things on her own had she simply been responsible. Of course, if her sisters knew about her diagnosis, they'd probably help her, but Lauren hates the thought of their pity even more than them thinking she's still a lost cause. Her father doesn't see her that way, but he's the only one.

Avery's always been known in her family as the party girl. And once that was true. But now she lives with a debilitating fear that keeps her locked up in her apartment nearly all the time. Still, at family functions, she manages to keep up the fa?ade of who she used to be. The last thing she wants to talk about with her sisters is the reason why she's changed. And besides, why should she? Maria doesn't care about her and all Lauren ever wants is her money. She wouldn't even bother to go if it wasn't for her father.

Arthur watches helplessly as his three daughters grow further apart. Then, when a family dinner explodes into a fight, the three of them decide to never see one another again. He warns them that someday they will need one another, but breaking his heart, they refuse to listen.

Many months later, when Arthur dies suddenly, Maria, Lauren, and Avery show up to the reading of his will. They get two surprises. First, he's got way more money than they ever imagined. And second, he's made sure the three of them will have to come together and face their issues if they want their inheritance. He's arranged for them to spend two weeks alone at a secluded lake house where they must follow all of his instructions, no matter how strange. But are two weeks enough to mend the rift between them?

The Rift Between Us is a captivating, emotional family drama about broken relationships and the ties that bind. A great choice for fans of Kristin Hannah, Mary Kay Andrews, and Lori Wilde....

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This might just be one of the best stories I've read all year. I honestly mean that...