The Days When Birds Come Back
Deborah Reed
Deborah Reed
An old house brings three very different people together in this emotionally searing novel of love and second chances, from the author of the hugely popular Things We Set on Fire. June is undoubtedly in transition. Reeling from her divorce and faced with a completely stalled career, she's recently returned to the beautiful Oregon coast where she grew up, where she must decide what to do with her late grandparents' charming cedar-shingled home, a place haunted by memories of her childhood. June hires Jamison to renovate the old house to sell. He too is unmoored as he struggles to redefine his marriage in the aftermath of tragic loss. Over the course of the summer, their conversations quickly turn to the personal. With every picnic break they share and with every decision they make on the finer points of the home, they are undeniably falling in love. But can these two wounded souls actually be together? It will take a third to tip the balance when...
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