Present Day. After tragedy plunges her into grief and unresolved anger, Sarah Ashby returns to her childhood home determined to finally follow her long-denied dream of running Old Depot Grocery alongside her mother and grandmother. But when she arrives, her mother, Rosemary, announces to her that the store is closing. Sarah and her grandmother, Glory Ann, make a pact to save the store, but Rosemary has worked her entire life to make sure her daughter never follows in her footsteps. She has her reasons--but she'll certainly never reveal the real one.
1965. Glory Ann confesses to her family that she's pregnant with her deceased fiancé's baby. Pressured into a marriage of convenience with a shopkeeper to preserve the family reputation, Glory Ann vows never to love again. But some promises are not as easily kept as she imagined.
This dual-timeline story from Amanda Cox deftly explores the complexity of a mother-daughter dynamic, the way the secrets we keep shape our lives and the lives of others, and the healing power of telling the truth.
My opinion: I loved this book! I love reading the history of the family members as I am learning about the main character's current day events. My opinion: I embraced this
book! I love reading the history of the family members as I am learning about
the main character's current day events. This book is a very thought-provoking dual-storyline novel,
The Secret Keepers of Old Depot Grocery. She writes in present-day as well as
1965, telling the story of three generations of women in one family. The author
creates a picture of the mother-daughter dynamic and showcases how that
grandmother/granddaughter has a closer relationship than either of the
mother/daughter relationships. I was given a free copy of this book for my review. All opinions are 100% mine. I would recommend this book to a friend and I will pass it along to my grandmother.
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