Tangled in Ivy - Farley, Ashley

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Résumé :
Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry for a tale of tortured souls and southern family dysfunction. Lillian Alexander's father is dying of cancer. When he rambles on in a morphine-delirium, Lillian can't ignore the feeling he's trying to tell her something. At his funeral days later, she encounters ghosts from her past who stir long-suppressed memories from the day her mother died twenty-seven years ago. Why, if her mother's death was an accident, does Lillian harbor guilt, as though she were somehow to blame? When Lillian and her twin sister, Layla, learn the Stoney family fortune is gone, Lillian fights to save her ancestral home on Charleston's prestigious East Battery. Desperate to resolve her money problems and get answers to her questions about the past, she tears her father's study apart in search of clues. She discovers a thumb drive in a hollowed-out hardback copy of For Whom the Bell Tolls. The thumb drive, marked For Lillian in his handwriting, contains her father's memoir. Secluded in the family's cottage on Wadmalaw Island, she immerses herself in her father's account of his stormy relationship with her mother. What she learns sets her on a journey of self-discovery. From the bestselling author of Only One Life comes a story of true love that spans decades....

Biographie:
Ashley Farley is an Amazon Charts and USA Today bestselling author. She writes women's fiction from the heart. Her characters are mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives facing real-life challenges. Her stories serve up a heaping of family drama with a side order of clean romance. Ashley was in her forties when she combined her love of reading and her penchant for daydreaming into a midlife career. Married for thirty-four years and mother to two young adults, Ashley has called Richmond, Virginia home for the past 28 years. Yet, the salty marshes of the South Carolina Lowcountry hold a special place in her heart, an area she still fondly refers to as home. Through her character-driven narratives, she vividly paints the region's moss-draped trees, its rich cuisine, and the friendly locals that define its charm....

Sommaire:
Escape to the South Carolina Lowcountry for a tale of tortured souls and southern family dysfunction. Lillian Alexander's father is dying of cancer. When he rambles on in a morphine-delirium, Lillian can't ignore the feeling he's trying to tell her something. At his funeral days later, she encounters ghosts from her past who stir long-suppressed memories from the day her mother died twenty-seven years ago. Why, if her mother's death was an accident, does Lillian harbor guilt, as though she were somehow to blame? When Lillian and her twin sister, Layla, learn the Stoney family fortune is gone, Lillian fights to save her ancestral home on Charleston's prestigious East Battery. Desperate to resolve her money problems and get answers to her questions about the past, she tears her father's study apart in search of clues. She discovers a thumb drive in a hollowed-out hardback copy of For Whom the Bell Tolls. The thumb drive, marked For Lillian in his handwriting, contains her father's memoir. Secluded in the family's cottage on Wadmalaw Island, she immerses herself in her father's account of his stormy relationship with her mother. What she learns sets her on a journey of self-discovery. From the bestselling author of Only One Life comes a story of true love that spans decades....