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Macomber, Debbie, 1948-

Must love flowers : a novel / Debbie Macomber. - First large print edition. - New York : Random House Large Print, [2023] - 378 pages ; 24 cm

Joan Sample is not living the life she expected. Now a widow and an empty-nester, she has become by her own admission something of a recluse. But after another birthday spent alone, she is finally inclined to listen to her sister, who has been begging Joan to reengage with the world. With her support, Joan gathers the courage to take some long-awaited steps: hiring someone to tame her overgrown garden, joining a grief support group, and even renting out a room to a local college student. Before long Joan is starting to feel a little like herself again. Across town, Maggie Herbert works mornings as a barista, tending to impatient customers before rushing to afternoon nursing classes. She's been living with her alcoholic father, ducking his temperamental outbursts and struggling to pay the household bills. But her circumstances brighten when she finds a room for rent in Joan's home. In the unexpected warmth of her new situation, Maggie finds a glimmer of hope for a better life. But will Maggie's budding attraction to one of her favorite customers ruin the harmony she's only recently found with Joan? Meanwhile, what is Joan to make of the mysterious landscaper who's been revitalizing her garden--a man who seems to harbor a past loss of his own? As Maggie and Joan confront unfamiliar life choices, they find themselves leaning on each other in surprising ways--discovering in the process that "family" is often just another word for love in all its forms.

ISBN: 9780593743744 0593743741

Source: Random House Inc, Attn Order Entry 400 Hahn rd, Westminster, MD, USA, 21157 SAN 201-3975

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Self-realization in women--Fiction.
Widows--Fiction.
Interpersonal relations--Fiction.
Self-actualization (Psychology) in women--Fiction
Older women--Fiction.
Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
Female friendship--Fiction.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Domestic fiction
Large type books.
Romance fiction.

LC Class. No.: PS3563.A2364 / M87 2023b

Dewey Class. No.: 813/.54