Finished Su 4/24/16
This was the March 2016 selection for the Contemporary Book Club
I thought that this was a rather weak effort, and the members seemed to agree. I felt that the story of 'the wayward girls' of the 50's and 60's would have made for a much more engaging tale.
Basically, it's the story of a 'family deception' that occurs in a bed and breakfast in Iowa that used to be a home for pregnant young women.
Jill runs the place with her mother, Ruby, and her daughter, Fee (Felicity).
Jocelyn is Jill's older sister who has been working in LA as a stylist. She has returned to the home for the funeral of Hester. This woman was the town matriarch and an enemy of the McClouds.
Hester was dating Daniel who was the owner/operator of McCloud's during the sixties. Jill was working at McCloud's (she was at the facility, and her child died at birth), and dating William, Hester's brother, but fell for Daniel, and Daniel went with Ruby.
The family 'Big Bad Secret' is that Fee is actually the child of William. Ruby's husband was dying of prostate cancer and took comfort from William. Also, Hester was a closeted lesbian and secretly involved with the town librarian, Cordelia (Delia).
Most of us in the group said that it reminded us of the novel that we read by the local writer. None of us enjoyed that book because it was far to corny(and not that well written).
link to amazon books-
http://www.amazon.com/McCloud-Home-Wayward-Girls/dp/0425241319
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