Hummingbird Lane

Carolyn Brown

Book - 2021

The healing powers of art and friendship work together in this inspiring and heartwarming novel by New York Times bestselling author Carolyn Brown. Ever since childhood, Emma Merrill and Sophia Mason were bound by a passion for painting. Like all young best friends, they promised to never lose touch. But the girls came from different worlds, and their paths diverged when Emma went to an elite college and Sophie worked her way through state school. After a decade they've reconnected, both in a time of need. Emma has been struggling with depression since her college years, and she's lost herself under the suffocating influence of her controlling and manipulative mother. Sophie, under pressure to prepare for an upcoming gallery show,... whisks the fragile Emma away to a small artist's colony in south Texas. It's a raw and beautiful landscape where wildflowers bloom-and perhaps Emma can bloom there, too. In the company of such nurturing and creative strangers-especially Josh Corlen, the openhearted manager of the commune-Emma allows herself to breathe again. For Sophie and Emma, it's the perfect place for reflection and to finally share the secret burdens each has carried. Most of all it's a chance to rediscover their true selves and to make good on the old promise that their friendship would last forever.

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Genres
Romance fiction
Published
Seattle : Amazon Publishing 2021.
Language
English
Main Author
Carolyn Brown (-)
Item Description
Paperback / softback.
Physical Description
320 p.
ISBN
9781542029438
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Review by Library Journal Review

Emma Merrill has been in and out of psychiatric institutions her entire adult life. Ever since experiencing a trauma in college that she can't remember, she has been kept in hospitals for what her mother claims is her own good. Now in her mid-30s, Emma longs to break away from her mother's control and finally confront the painful truth about her past. Freedom arrives in the form of her childhood friend Sophie, who encourages Emma to discharge herself from the hospital and live with her in a small artists community in southern Texas. The community is in a tiny trailer park and consists of a motherly ex-hippie, an elderly metal worker, and Josh Corlen, a shy artist who is instantly smitten with Emma. Under their care and friendship, Emma begins to grow in confidence as an independent woman and a gifted artist in her own right. VERDICT Brown's (The Daydream Cabin) gentle story of a woman finding strength within a tight-knit community has just a touch of romance at the end. Recommended for readers who enjoy heartwarming stories about women overcoming obstacles.--Kathryn Howe, Saint John Free P.L., NB

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