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A review by kerrycat
Room on the Porch Swing by Amy Clipston
4.0
(reviewed on Romantic Times Book Reviews, 4 stars: https://www.rtbookreviews.com/book-review/room-porch-swing)
This heartbreaking series continues to take a fearlessly honest look at grief, as hopelessness threatens to steal what happiness Allen has treasured within his marriage and recent fatherhood. Clipston takes these feelings seriously without sugarcoating any aspect of the mourning process, allowing her characters to make their painful but ultimately joyous journey back to love and faith. Readers who have made this tough and ongoing pilgrimage themselves will appreciate the author’s realistic portrayal of coming to terms with loss in order to continue living with hope and happiness.
Laura doesn’t know how to help her best friend’s widower, Allen, as they both struggle to accept Savilla’s untimely and shocking death, focusing instead on caring for the couple’s baby daughter, Mollie. Her boyfriend Rudy is suspicious of the time she spends with Allen and Mollie, as well as the concern Laura continues to express for Allen. Taking over a wife’s duties and spending the night to care for Mollie, Laura begins to realize her feelings for Allen have changed, but how is true love supposed to feel? The depth of her care for him exceeds her affection for Rudy, who still hasn’t made a commitment to her, but Allen has distanced himself, and Laura isn’t sure he will ever return her feelings. Can the two of them find a way to make a life together, honoring Savilla’s memory while accepting the happiness they deserve?
This heartbreaking series continues to take a fearlessly honest look at grief, as hopelessness threatens to steal what happiness Allen has treasured within his marriage and recent fatherhood. Clipston takes these feelings seriously without sugarcoating any aspect of the mourning process, allowing her characters to make their painful but ultimately joyous journey back to love and faith. Readers who have made this tough and ongoing pilgrimage themselves will appreciate the author’s realistic portrayal of coming to terms with loss in order to continue living with hope and happiness.
Laura doesn’t know how to help her best friend’s widower, Allen, as they both struggle to accept Savilla’s untimely and shocking death, focusing instead on caring for the couple’s baby daughter, Mollie. Her boyfriend Rudy is suspicious of the time she spends with Allen and Mollie, as well as the concern Laura continues to express for Allen. Taking over a wife’s duties and spending the night to care for Mollie, Laura begins to realize her feelings for Allen have changed, but how is true love supposed to feel? The depth of her care for him exceeds her affection for Rudy, who still hasn’t made a commitment to her, but Allen has distanced himself, and Laura isn’t sure he will ever return her feelings. Can the two of them find a way to make a life together, honoring Savilla’s memory while accepting the happiness they deserve?