Harriet Klausner's Review Archive
Over time her broken heart mends with the help of Noah, but he vanishes shattering her fragile heart. When she rebounds with Jack, a clone of her supportive father, she feels like will work out okay though she still misses her little Jane as she called her child. However, when she learns Jack cheated on her, Cara turns to her only true solace, the dancing daffodils that display the healing of nature.
Though the betrayals that confront Cara with the ethically deprived males she meets would devastate Job and edges the plot into soap opera territory, Cathi LaMarche provides a fine tale due to the slow strengthening of the inner soul of Cara. Fans will feel her sorrow over her child; weep with her when Noah chooses his musical gigs over her; and empathize while proudly supporting the heroine when she overcomes Jack’s betrayal. This solid contemporary women’s fiction stars a wonderful heroine, whose metamorphosis from weak and pliable into strong and independent will leave the audience dancing in their gardens.