Family Garden is a romance by Roselyn Jewell. It is a wonderful book about family values and love. The characters are generously detailed and Roselyn makes you feel like you know the characters intimately. The plot is the familiar romance plot of finding yourself and love. Two quotes from her book generously tell two of the themes of the book. “Love is created by those who take risks” is the first theme. The characters take risks with their hearts when they finally decide to take a risk on that. Other risks are taken along the way. The second quote is “people are constantly changing and relationships are built on changing together.” Each of the characters has to undergo some type of change, right or wrong. The major problem with the book as I see it is there are several problems with grammar. The mistakes just jumped out at me and got me off track. They stopped the flow for me.
Richard and Samantha have been married for a long time. Richard is a harsh, sharp, controlling man who can see all the problems with the family; but he leaves it to Samantha to correct those. Of course, when she does, she is wrong. Samantha has a calming effect on the entire family. Everyone wants make sure Samantha is happy. She can argue with Richard and be just as stubborn as he is. The final straw is his throwing up that they got married only so she could stay in America. He suggests a divorce and she immediately moves to a hotel.
Shannon is their daughter. She is a professor at the nearby college. She is divorced finally. Kevin was abusive and wants nothing more than to blame it all on her. She relies on her best friend, Chris, to talk her down from Kevin. She is abusive in her own way, she is stubborn too as she refused to see Chris as he really is- a man in love with her.
Thomas is much like his dad, except he shows his insecurities in confrontations. He has always wanted to be a chef; but he hasn’t been to a culinary school. He works for the local diner where he meets Anna. Anna is a surgeon and works long hours. She has lots of money while Thomas does not. This makes it hard for Thomas to believe she might like him.
Marie is a catalyst in the story. She is a daughter of Richard and Samantha who they gave away at birth. They were not in a place in their lives to take care of a child and thought giving her up was the best thing to do. Now she shows up to see her parents and find out why she was adopted. She is startled to find she has a brother and a sister. Hurt over being adopted our while the other two were not, she still tries to be accepted.
Will Richard and Samantha take the next step- divorce? Will Shannon be able to get away from Kevin who is stalking her? What happens to her friendship with Chris? Does Thomas let his jealousy and insecurities get in his way of a new job and a new girl? Will Marie find happiness in her job? Will she be accepted into the family?
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