The Bend in Redwood Road
By Danielle Stewart
- Release Date: 2019-08-27
- Genre: Fiction & Literature
Description
Most days it’s manageable. No more than a quiet wondering around the edges of her mind.
What has become of the baby she left behind?
Smiling through the pain and suffering in silence, Leslie Laudon marches forward. Embracing the life skillfully designed by her husband Paul. Living right could be penance for an impossible choice made with an uneasy heart. Dutiful and anchoring, Leslie poured herself into her other children. Nurturing them through infancy, protecting them as toddlers, guiding them as teens. As her youngest child heads off to college with her suitcases and coordinating dorm room accessories, so goes Leslie’s identity. The chaotic life of a busy working mother threatens to become dangerously quiet. Quiet enough to hear the voices she’s tried to silence for decades.
Gwen Fox was adopted by two perfect people. Noel and Millie have always treated her the same as their two biological sons. Her parents love is strong and unwavering, yet a soul-deep ache still lingers. Plagued by an unnamed, hard to explain, longing Gwen could never shake.
Riddled with doubt and dragged down by the undertow of unanswered questions, Leslie and Gwen both find their lives suddenly upended. One seeks the truth about the day she was born. The other seeks herself, the woman she was before motherhood. Before she made a choice to leave a piece of her heart lying asleep in the hospital nursery.
In this complex journey for answers, blame is abundant. Guilt is thick enough to choke on. Marriages are brought to the brink of disaster. As the ripples of the past vibrate through their lives, Gwen and Leslie realize there is no turning back. What they have put into motion cannot be stopped. The road toward the truth will be littered with casualties.
Reviews
Interesting
5By Jenniecat 1I like the fact that the main character had a chance to know some of her biological family.What Ifs To Adopted Daughter And Biological Mother
4By llbmbInteresting about 2 different families affected because of an adoption. What ifs to adopted daughter and biological Mother. Love the story ended in a happy way. Highly recommend you read this story.Fantastic
5By Skiplayer1The characters were fantastic and the story was interesting and emotional. I enjoyed reading this book.The Bend in Redwood Road
5By Bev teacherThis is absolutely a fantastic story on so many levels. It definitely tugs at one’s heartstrings. The author did a masterful job of showing the complexities of life and the struggles people have.I’m reading
5By Larkin26x7So coolAwesome!!
5By Wcarver58This is out of my usual reads, as I mostly stick to historical romance. I am so glad I needed that break and picked this book! It was refreshing! At first I wasn’t sure about the skipping back and forth between women in the story but when I got used to it, it turned out fine. The writer was gifted and the characters came alive! She is good and I will read her books again!Awesome
3By SmileyRockyThis is my favorite book this far thank you Danielle Stewart.Emotional rollercoaster
3By DLatnaOur family doesn’t keep secrets. Good words to live by.Engrossing
5By MarbleFallsDownA very good book .Thoroughly enjoyed the book. Already set to start on book 2. This is a new author for me and I will look forward to her other series and books. It was like “reading “ a movie or tv series. Great relatable characters.Bend in the Redwood Road
5By Cuddle ChickenLoved this book and can’t wait to continue the story in the next one!I liked it
5By k6533332Pretty goodGreat Story
5By Sunny StampThis is a story anyone can relate to. Full of string female characters. The storyline pulls you in and you don’t want to put it down. Definitely a chick book.What Now?
4By Mary Ward TaylorFaced with a moral dilemma, what does a married woman do with an unplanned pregnancy as the result of an affair? “We were on a break” doesn’t seem to suffice. Raises questions about the reliability of adoption agencies, and the reunion of mother and now adult child .The Bend in Redwood Road
5By SuzeNo1I loved it. I’m looking forward to the next book in this series.The Bend in Redwood Road
5By next reviewI loved this book! I could not put it down, so I immediately bought the next one! I did end up buying all of the rest of the books, but the last three just rambled.. especially the last two. It seemed as though the author was tired of it. I felt like she could have added a bit more to the second or third books and tied up all the loose ends of the stories! I’ll be very careful of her series from now on!Storytelling at its best
5By PamMcG91DS wrote a story that had me curled up in a blanket like it was a cold winter day. She links words together as if they are musical notes in a symphony. Good story.The Bend in Redwood Road.
5By see randI liked the characterization, the family situations and the relationships between friends. It seemed a. It long at times. It I had to stay with it to discover the resolutionThe Bend in Redwood Road
5By W8lossheidiBeautifully written intense life story. You easily fall into the emotion and pain in two families going through very real situations, making and living with intense choices.The Bend In Redwood Rd
5By Janriv1I loved this story about mother and daughter finding each other. Heartwarming, good reading.
