Follow the Stars Home by Luanne Rice is about a woman torn between the life she has and the one that could have been. After learning her baby in utero will have issues, Dianne is abandoned by her husband and forced to raise her deformed daughter alone. Most of the story is about Dianne's decisions, her life now, and where she's going to end up. It's not the best story I've ever read but it was endearing. You get your happy ending and surprisingly you even get to hear from Julia - the daughter in the epilogue. I think that in particular is the best treat of all. Her silence and random babbling through the book make you wonder...whats really going on with her. Other characters in the book tell you "when she says Gaaa...I think it means..." or "she just loves the beach"....you wonder, is this just a parent's wishful thinking? So Rice adding just a few pages of Julia's voice was a really nice way to end the book. Read it if your reading list is running short. I was able to finish in a day.
Happy Reading!
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