Sometimes I just like to read a book to escape from the everyday mundane details of life - not deal with stress, worry about children, friend's problems or my own problems. I just want to relax and enjoy another world for awhile. I always feel like I need to keep up with the books that are popular with the book clubs or are getting lots of attention in the literary world. But sometimes it's fun to just read a book with no expectations - just to relax and enjoy!
The Bridge to Happiness by Jill Barnett filled my expectations to just read a book for fun. I loved reading about March Randolph's journey in life - first her marriage to Mike Cantrell, building a business and family with him, and then about how she recovers from his early death. Her four children are an integral part of her life and her business and it's their story too of recovering from their father's death. This book had book club questions in the back but I'm not sure if it would be a good pick for our book club because I don't think there would be enough to discuss. I'd give this book 3 1/2 stars - it's good not great. But a perfect book to read while watching the Olympics!
From Amazon:
From the luxury of San Francisco's famous hills to the wild freedom of the majestic snow-covered Sierra Mountains, BRIDGE TO HAPPINESS is the intensely dramatic story of one woman's life, the idyllic moments, her humanity, her love, and finally, the difficult road she must walk alone...to discover the strong woman she is destined to become. When March Randolph meets Mike Cantrell, she has no idea how her life will change, and how time will change her. For over three decades she and Mike forge a marriage, a family and a business together, helping to make snowboarding into a popular, worldwide winter sport, and raising four strong-willed and independent children into a adulthood, never once fearing the future won't be as golden as their past. In a heartbeat everything changes, and March and her family suffer a tragic change, one that drives a schism into her once perfect life, and will test the bonds of love and family far beyond any definition of recovery. Suddenly March is stuck in the past, unable to move forward, and only if she, alone, finds the strength and will to move on, can any of the Cantrells have a single, glimmer of hope at a new life of happiness. "Bridge To Happiness is a beautiful and poignant exploration of loss, love and unexpected opportunities. This book is for any woman who has ever loved and lost and dared to reach for happiness." Kristin Hannah, New York Times Bestselling Author of Winter Garden
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