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The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls
by
Wendy Delsol (Goodreads Author)
A compelling novel about a bed-and-breakfast that houses three generations of women- and their many secrets.
In the early 1960s, Ruby, a spunky unwed teen mother, was wooed and won over by the founder of the McCloud Home. Now, forty years later, the historic property has been converted into an inn that Ruby runs with one of her daughters, Jill. When Jill's fourteen-year-ol...more
In the early 1960s, Ruby, a spunky unwed teen mother, was wooed and won over by the founder of the McCloud Home. Now, forty years later, the historic property has been converted into an inn that Ruby runs with one of her daughters, Jill. When Jill's fourteen-year-ol...more
Paperback, 320 pages
Published
August 2nd 2011
by Berkley Trade
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Reviewed by JoAnne
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This is a novel with family at its center and was a very enjoyable and easy book to get into. The McCloud family makes up the main characters with the Frasers coming in right behind as secondary characters. The story crosses three generations of The McClouds with lots of twists and turns. There is romance, lots of angst, anxiety, problems, secrets and mystery that have to be dealt with along with a few laughs and some tears. Their family hom...more
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This is a novel with family at its center and was a very enjoyable and easy book to get into. The McCloud family makes up the main characters with the Frasers coming in right behind as secondary characters. The story crosses three generations of The McClouds with lots of twists and turns. There is romance, lots of angst, anxiety, problems, secrets and mystery that have to be dealt with along with a few laughs and some tears. Their family hom...more
The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls by Wendy Delsol
Contemporary Romance – Aug. 2nd, 2011
3 ½ stars
In The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls, the author brings to light the hopes, dreams and past of three generations of the McCloud family. Ruby is the matriarch of the family who was a beautiful orphan. She married the man of her dreams but made a mistake that still haunts the family. Jill is Ruby’s daughter and is the serious and responsible one. She gave up her dreams to raise young Fee. Jill still lo...more
Contemporary Romance – Aug. 2nd, 2011
3 ½ stars
In The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls, the author brings to light the hopes, dreams and past of three generations of the McCloud family. Ruby is the matriarch of the family who was a beautiful orphan. She married the man of her dreams but made a mistake that still haunts the family. Jill is Ruby’s daughter and is the serious and responsible one. She gave up her dreams to raise young Fee. Jill still lo...more
Call me crazy, but there's just something about the title of this book. Something that says, "This is going to be a good one." I'm also a sucker for (good) women's fiction. Not "chick lit," but true women's fiction. Books written by women with true-to-life female characters. Books that also manage to include a bit of women's history: where women have come from and the strides we've made. As the old (admittedly un-PC) Virginia Slims ad says: "You've come a long way, baby."
Delsol's The McCloud Hom...more
Delsol's The McCloud Hom...more
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The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls is a beautiful novel that not only follows the lives of three generations of McClouds but also the history of a home transformed from a haven for pregnant girls to a bed and breakfast. Wendy Delsol's vivid storytelling sucked me in and had me completely enraptured. It was easy to feel emotionally connected to these women, even though their lives are much different from anything I've ever experienced. The interweaving of the past and present was well done. Each...more
The McCloud women have a brave legacy of helping and supporting women from every walk of life in need of assistance as unwed mothers. In the absence of their husband and father though it becomes difficult to move forward especially when a looming controversy could ruin their entire family after his death. As time passes Jill and Jocelyn are able to move on with their lives one in their hometown and the other across the country. When the death of their mother’s rival brings back old flames and un...more
Lovers of romance with a healthy dose of family secrets will revel in this well-crafted novel that features an inn with a "history." Three generations of McCloud women have lived through love, loss, and scandal with their heads held high. Jill, the primary viewpoint character, is strong and self-sacrificing while her flighty sister Jocelyn lives for drama and attention. Mother Ruby suffers from emotional scars from years past that cloud her thinking. Jill's teen daughter Fee is caught up in a fa...more
This was good and had excellent potential. The saving grace here: the mind-blowing twist at the end. You spend the whole book THINKING you know where it's going, but then? Ninety-degree hairpin turn. The main character I felt a strong connection with, but the other characters were less developed, in my opinion. Fee, especially, could have used some tweaking because she was an awesome character. Good beach read.
At first I found this book a bit annoying, and the characters other than the main character rather unlikable. I found myself getting swept up in the story as I went along, and I confess that the family 'secret' was something I never saw coming (I won't say more--that would be a spoiler). In the end, I did really like this story of a family running a home for unwed mothers-turned bed and breakfast.
This book was very well written, much like the Time travelers wife where there is a back and forth for each character, and some looks into the past as well. I liked that each transition was well labeled and you knew where you were going and who you were listening to. This book had a love story or two...or three, and a twist at the end that I wasn't expecting at all!
Why read: Picked up a copy at BEA
What impressed me: The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls completely took me by surprise. It was both fun, serious and even occasionally a bit scandalous. I loved the was the perspectives shifted between the women, Ruby in the past, Jill both past and present and Fee totally in the now. The mystery element really threw me through a loop in the best possible way. Mose than anything else, The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls is a touching, secret filled story of three wo...more
What impressed me: The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls completely took me by surprise. It was both fun, serious and even occasionally a bit scandalous. I loved the was the perspectives shifted between the women, Ruby in the past, Jill both past and present and Fee totally in the now. The mystery element really threw me through a loop in the best possible way. Mose than anything else, The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls is a touching, secret filled story of three wo...more
I just grabbed this off the shelves at the library and was so so delighted at this book. Rich characters, a mystery, love, generations of woman and it is just fabulous. I keep thinking about it and all they did to help each other.
The McCloud Home for Wayward Girls is a beautifully told story of love, heartbreak, family and friendship. Exquisite prose, characters who stay with a reader long after the final page--...Wayward Girls is a treat. Book clubs, here's your next pick!
Surprisingly enjoyable. Romance, but not romance-y. Interesting questions about love, devotion, and what we'll give up to show those things. Characters are believable and likable.
I really enjoyed this book. A lovely, feel good story, but not without it's harsh/sad bits. Great characters, good plot, and a twist I didn't see coming till the very last minute.
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Lots of family secrets and dysfunction that gets resolved. A good page turner with a good message.
A quick read. The author made me want to uncover all the little family secrets.
Loved this book ... humorous and full of surprises!
Small town, soap opera secrets... Lite read.
Enjoyable. Light read.
Fine. A bit predictable but fine.
Several years ago I had the privilege of reading an early, working draft of Wendy DelSol's WAYWARD, a moving family drama with a touch of mystery. DelSol seamlessly weaves the past and present stories together, cleverly using the "McCloud Home" as the binding thread. Jill's current day storyline is totally relatable and Ruby is an unforgettable character who leaps off the first page on which she appears. Thoroughly enjoyable.
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Wendy was right when she said there's a twist in the story. What a great novel! Both my mom and I enjoyed it very much!
Solid 3.5, so am rounding up.
i read this book in two days! I couldn't put it down!
Enjoyed this story.
Fun read by my good friend, Wendy! A page turner!
A terrific read! A multi-level romance written in a fresh style. Very nicely structured to keep the reader turning the pages.
I thought it was slow at first, but then I couldn't put it down.
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Wendy Delsol is the author of a young adult trilogy: STORK (2010), FROST (2011), and FLOCK (2012). The books are inspired by Norse mythology, adventure and Icelandic folklore. STORK was one of 25 titles out of over 1000 to receive a 2010 VOYA Perfect Ten and one of ten to win a 2011 Westchester Fiction Award. Delsol’s adult novel, THE McCLOUD HOME FOR WAYWARD GIRLS, was named an August 2011 Barnes...more
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