Carlyna's review
Blessings
by Anna Quindlen
Carlyna's review
Blessings by Anna Quindlen
Carlyna's review
rating:
This book was hard to start; actually it was the second time I've started it and decided I was just going to stick it out. It's a story of an older lady, Mrs. Blessing, and her interactions with her staff (i.e. housekeeper, daughter, helper for the yard, brother etc.). It flashes back to a life that most of these people where unaware of so you can glimpse into what brought her to be the way she is. The helper for the yard, Skip, came home one night from the bar and stumbled upon a box which contained an abandoned baby inside. He decides that he should try and take care of her but feels he needs to hide it from Mrs. Blessing and her nosy housekeeper Nadine. Eventually his secret is found out and you see a change not only in his life, but in Mrs. Blessing's life. The change is for the better. So that I don't give it all away, I'll stop with this: questions you have throughout the story come to a head towards the end of the book. Parts are sad, but mostly you see that people who s...more
