Book description
Will Marigold and Johnny embrace love late in life?
The day before Marigold Hayes turned fourteen, her mother died in a car accident and her father went missing. Her memory of standing on the porch and waving goodbye haunts her. After forty years of digging for clues to her dad's…
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1 author picked Home Away From Home as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Home Away from Home is a cozy mystery woven in with a romance for an older couple.
Marigold has searched for her father for years. Her mother died in a terrible accident. Her obsession with finding her father since then has interfered with relationships and interest in marriage. In this delightful tale, she will finally unravel the mystery of what happened to her father and will discover things about herself and a family she never knew about.
She will finally be open to accepting love from a dear and faithful friend. I found this book to be an enjoyable and…
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