Review by Mom14043 -- Flaherty's Crossing

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[Following is a volunteer review of "Flaherty's Crossing" by Kaylin McFarren.]

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4 out of 4 stars

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In the beginning of the book, we find Kate Flaherty in the midst of marital issues and losing her father to cancer. She goes to visit her dad who is in hospice care at his cabin where she meets his caregiver, Doris. Her father is heavily medicated and does not recognize her which breaks her heart. She's not very certain how she feels about him since her father has been estranged from her for many years.

After visiting with him for a few minutes she has a conversation with Doris over a cup of tea where she makes some revelations about how sick he truly is. In his delirium he calls out for his wife, Kate's mother
who died at 37 in a drunk driving accident.

Doris urges her to get some rest because it's not good for her to sit by her father's bedside waiting for him
to die, so she heads home. On the way, she gets into a car accident and finds a diner on the side of the road. In the diner, she has a conversation with the cook while he waits for his wife to come pick him up, however when he offers her a sundae and goes in back to make it she sees that the phone has been removed from the wall. She freaks out and leaves the diner worrying that the cook is going to hurt her. She goes back to her car and runs into Drew, her husband who was worried about her even though her marriage is on the rocks. This is where the story takes an amazing turn into not only a journey of self-discovery and forgiveness but also a story of her rediscovering who her father really was.

What I really loved about this story is that it's not only about a couple working through their differences
through their love for one another. The storyline really keeps you turning pages as you read how the loss of
her father affects Kate and helps her rebuild her marriage to drew through all of the discoveries she makes
about her father and her realization that he followed every article, and that he truly did love her in his own
way.

At the beginning of the book I hated Drew for hurting Kate, however, I realized as the story went on, he
wasn't such a bad guy and he really did love Kate and wanted to be there for her. He was a well written well
thought out character that I couldn't help but fall in love with towards the end. Kate's character was well
written as well and I loved the insight into the conflict this character was having, both with her father and
with her husband. I especially loved the standoff between her and her Aunt Sophie.

I gave this book a full four out of four stars because the story itself is well thought out and well written and really had some wonderful morals to it. The book itself was very beautiful and the story really relatable and current in our world today. It really makes you think about your own relationships and how you can make them better by building them through love.

This is an excellent book I'd read again and again and enjoy each and every time. I highly recommend this
book to anyone who's going through a tough time or would like a feel-good story with a happy ending. This is
probably one of my favorite reads this year.

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Flaherty's Crossing
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