Once In A Blue Moon is a new book by New York Times best-selling author, Eileen Goudge. I had high hopes for this book…. Here’s what the back cover says:
“Sisters Lindsay and Kerrie Ann have known hardship from an early age. Without guidance from their neglectful mother, their only aid came from an unlikely source, a retired exotic dancer by the name of Miss Honi Love. When the girls’ mother was sent to prison, Miss Honi tried unsuccessfully to save them from being separated and sent into foster care.Thirty years later, Lindsay is still trying to reconnect with her sister. The owner of a bookstore in the sleepy California seaside town of Blue Moon Bay, she was lucky enough to have been adopted by a loving couple. Unbeknownst to her, Kerrie Ann has suffered a very different life. Bounced from one foster home to the next, she ran away as a teenager before becoming a drug-addicted single mother. Now, newly sober, Kerrie Ann is fighting to regain custody of the little girl who was taken from her.
Neither sister’s expectations are met when they’re finally reunited. But as the two sisters engage in the fiercest battles of their lives, they are at last drawn together despite their differences, restoring belief in the unshakable bond of family.”
Sounds pretty good, doesn’t it? Unfortunately, the book didn’t hold my attention as much as I had hoped it would. The writing was decent – don’t get me wrong… but I had a hard time connecting with the characters or putting myself in their situation…
But again – that’s just my opinion. I’ve read some really great reviews of this book. I guess you’re just going to have to grab a copy and see what you think for yourself!