THE SWEET BY AND BY


As a longtime Rachel Hauck fan, I'll admit to being curious about this collaborative effort I'd been hearing about. While there is definitely a different flavor to this book, the craft and storytelling are absolutely as stellar, as I had come to expect. Vintage shop owner, Jade Fitzgerald, has a tough decision to make right before her impending wedding. Enter the hippie mother, a pushy future mother-in-law, and haunting choices from the past, and you have the opportunity for many things to go awry before the big day. The heroine grew on me, as she’s a much nicer person than I. A few times she made decisions that I couldn’t fathom, but it all came back to who she was and what she wanted out of life. Deep and painful issues were explored, and it was an interesting look at mother/daughter relationships, and how father/daughter relationships (or lack of) can impact a young woman’s life. I wasn't totally crazy about so many flashbacks, but they really are seamless and add to the depth and characterization. Though it could have veered into being an "issues" book, it was a good story of redemption and forgiveness, and what it really means to bury the past. I’m looking forward to the next book from Rachel Hauck and Sara Evans.

Blurb:

Jade Fitzgerald left the pain of her past in the dust when she headed out for college a decade ago. Now she's thriving in her career and glowing in the light of Max Benson's love.

But then Jade's hippie mother, Beryl Hill, arrives in Whisper Hollow, Tennessee, for Jade's wedding along with Willow, her wild younger sister. Their arrival forces Jade to throw open the dark closets of her past--the insecurity of living with a restless, wandering mother, the silence of her absent father, and the heart-ripping pain of first-love's rejection.

Turns out Beryl has a secret of her own. She needs reconciliation with her oldest daughter before illness takes her life. In the final days leading to the wedding, Jade meets the One who shows her that the past has no hold on her future. With a little grace, they'll meet in the middle, maybe even before that sweet by and by.


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