Sherryl Woods is never afraid to tackle the really tough issues we face and she always does it with well-researched but sensitively presented narrative and dialog. In A Slice of Heaven, the second book in the Sweet Magnolias series, she addressed the issue of divorced parents dealing with their teen daughter's anorexia. Well, that daughter is all grown up now, married to the boy who really helped her through that difficult time (see Annie and Ty's story in Home in Carolina) and our attention is now focused on her friend Raylene.Raylene hid in her husband's Charleston home to hide the bruises. Now divorced, she still hasn't overcome her fears and suffers from agoraphobia and anxiety attacks whenever she leaves the house. Now how is a girl supposed to meet Mr. Right when she's hiding at home?
As always, Woods' narrative makes the problem very real to us, then introduces a compassionate man who makes her feel safe and desirable.
Honeysuckle Summer is such a wonderful conclusion to The Sweet Magnolias series and if you've read one, you'll definitely want to be sure and read them all.
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