Cottage by the Sea

Zusatztext Cottage by the Sea made me feel right at home. As usual Robin Jones Gunn has shared a meaningful story that both encourages and enlightensdefinitely a journey you won't want to miss. I can still smell the salty air. Melody Carlson! award-winning author of River's Song and The Four Lindas Informationen zum Autor Robin Jones Gunn is the much-loved author of seventy titles that have sold more than four million copies worldwide. Her popular Christy Miller series and Sisterchicks® novels have won a number of awards, including three Christy Awards for excellence in fiction, and a Gold Medallion Award finalist award. Robin's unique destination novels transport readers around the globe. To ensure that her tales of these extraordinary locations ring true, Robin has enjoyed the privilege of traveling to each location in order to experience the local culture. Her three visits to the Canary Islands provided bountiful research as she took flamenco dance lessons, rode a camel, and visited the chapel where Columbus prayed before departing on his famous journey. Robin and her husband have two grown children and live in Hawaii. Klappentext From bestselling and award-winning author Gunn comes a poignant novel about a woman who must care for her ill and elderly father, hoping to mend both his health and their relationship. In the many hours she spends beside her father, Erin finds a treasure hidden in the darkness. She reaches out and, at long last, receives the gift of healing. Cottage by the Sea 2 May God grant you many years to live, For sure he must be knowing. The earth has angels all too few, And heaven is overflowing. Erin caught her breath. What happened, Delores? Is he okay? Here. He wants to talk to you. Jack? It's Erin. She wants to talk to you. Hello? The familiar voice filled Erin's ear, sounding the same as alwaysa little gruff, a little sad. Erin released the air in her tightened chest. Hey, Dad. Hi. How are you? Are you okay? Fine. Fine, fine. How are you? His words came out abrupt but with a slight slur. I'm good. But what about you? Delores said you had a stroke. Are you feeling better? Yes! He yelled into the phone so loud that Erin jumped. Okay. Well, that's good. Can you tell me what happened? It . . . I'm . . . it . . . the . . . aaa . . . Dad? No reply. Dad? What? He shouted his response, and that frightened her even more. Dad, are you sure you're okay? You're not making sense. Fine. Fine. Dad, let me talk to Delores. Why? I want to ask her a few things. You hate her! Erin blinked and tried to form a sentence. She knew in her gut that something was really wrong. Her father had always been direct, but in the year and a half since he had married Delores, none of them had spoken the raw truth about how Erin and Delores viewed each other. Erin tried to control her tone, but her voice wobbled. No, Dad, I don't hate Delores. I just need to talk to her for a minute. Sharlene stepped closer and placed her hand on Erin's arm in a gesture of concern. Sharlene was the only friend to whom Erin had confided her feelings about her seventy-year-old father marrying a fifty-three-year-old woman he had known for only two months. To everyone other than Sharlene and Mike, Erin had defended her father's decision, saying that perhaps Delores was just the person to bring back the sparkle that had faded from his baby blues since Erin's mother had died. Erin didn't have the chance to watch for t...

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Robin Jones Gunn is the much-loved author of seventy titles that have sold more than four million copies worldwide. Her popular Christy Miller series and Sisterchicks® novels have won a number of awards, including three Christy Awards for excellence in fiction, and a Gold Medallion Award finalist award. Robin's unique destination novels transport readers around the globe. To ensure that her tales of these extraordinary locations ring true, Robin has enjoyed the privilege of traveling to each location in order to experience the local culture. Her three visits to the Canary Islands provided bountiful research as she took flamenco dance lessons, rode a camel, and visited the chapel where Columbus prayed before departing on his famous journey. Robin and her husband have two grown children and live in Hawaii.

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From bestselling and award-winning author Gunn comes a poignant novel about a woman who must care for her ill and elderly father, hoping to mend both his health and their relationship. In the many hours she spends beside her father, Erin finds a treasure hidden in the darkness. She reaches out and, at long last, receives the gift of healing.

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From bestselling and award-winning author Robin Jones Gunn—a poignant novel about a woman who must care for her ill and elderly father, hoping to mend both his health and their relationship.

A daughter’s gift of time, a father’s silent wish.

Erin Bryce and her best friend, Sharlene, count the day they start their wedding planning business as a very happy day. So much so that they name their company The Happiest Day to reflect the fulfillment of their long-held dream as well as their clients’ longing for a wedding celebration to match the exhilaration of being in love. As a bonus, the two women utilize their business to help Erin’s son Jordan and his fiancée, Sierra, plan a grand wedding.

But the two friends aren’t prepared for the cloud moving in to cover the sunny, successful start of their business. Erin’s father, who lives in a small coastal Oregon community with his brusque, downright odd second wife, Delores, develops a medical problem that puts him in the hospital. Erin responds by rushing from Southern California to her father’s—and oh, yeah, Delores’s—cottage by the sea.

What greets Erin when she arrives sends her tumbling down a bewildering path to a different kind of happiest day. Her journey tosses her through highs and lows of hurt and healing, betrayal and renewal, wrong assumptions righted, and the brightest future one could ever hope for. All just around the corner, at the cottage by the sea.

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May God grant you many years to live,

For sure he must be knowing.

The earth has angels all too few,

And heaven is overflowing.

Erin caught her breath. “What happened, Delores? Is he okay?”

“Here. He wants to talk to you. Jack? It’s Erin. She wants to talk to you.”

“Hello?”

The familiar voice filled Erin’s ear, sounding the same as always—a little gruff, a little sad. Erin released the air in her tightened chest. “Hey, Dad. Hi. How are you? Are you okay?”

“Fine. Fine, fine. How are you?” His words came out abrupt but with a slight slur.

“I’m good. But what about you? Delores said you had a stroke. Are you feeling better?”

“Yes!” He yelled into the phone so loud that Erin jumped.

“Okay. Well, that’s good. Can you tell me what happened?”

“It . . . I’m . . . it . . . the . . . aaa . . .”

“Dad?”

No reply.

“Dad?”

“What?” He shouted his response, and that frightened her even more.

“Dad, are you sure you’re okay? You’re not making sense.”

“Fine. Fine.”

“Dad, let me talk to Delores.”

“Why?”

“I want to ask her a few things.”

“You hate her!”

Erin blinked and tried to form a sentence. She knew in her gut that something was really wrong. Her father had always been direct, but in the year and a half since he had married Delores, none of them had spoken the raw trut…