**Connie Brockway's novel of unexpected love begins with a series of letters between a world-weary adventurer and the beautiful suffragette whose passion calls him home.** *"Dear Mr. Thorne, For the next five years, I will profitably manage this estate. I will deliver to you an allowance and
My Dearest Friend
β Scribed by Nancy Thayer
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- en-US
- Weight
- 216 KB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0553391011
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
Now available for the first time as an eBook, this luminescent novel by New York Times bestselling author Nancy Thayer enthralls with a story of difficult choices, complicated loves, and hard-won triumphs.
At the age of forty-six, Daphne Miller is a first-time homeowner, a divorced college administrator whose daughter has moved in with her father. On a dirt road in the green mountains of southern Vermont, Daphne has at last found a home of her own. It may be tiny, but the rustic cottage is hers, and she's determined to make it perfect.
Just down the lane, Jack Hamilton and his young family move in. The newly appointed English professor Jack has long dreamed of teaching at his prestigious alma mater, but his wife Carey Ann is terribly unhappy in rural New England. As Daphne takes Carey Ann under her wing, Jack suppresses his growing attraction for his new neighbor and the two become friends. But for Daphne, this increasingly complex friendship...
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