Troubles in Paradise (Paradise, #3)

by Elin Hilderbrand

Just like everyone else, she wanted to be exactly like and completely different from her own parents.

His life was blessed and he hadn’t appreciated it like he should have.

These days, a picture of a thing is more important than the thing itself.

It’s the best gift she can bestow on this child: a mother who is happy and capable and whole.

hate was not the opposite of love. Indifference was the opposite of love,

She owned a house filled with things, some of them very expensive. But none of it matters. She’s doing just fine without things. Why had she put so much time and energy into them in the first place?

Bad things can happen, terrible things. You can lose the people you love the most; you can lose homes, cars, antiques, hand-knotted silk rugs that cost five figures; you can discover that the very life you’re living is a terrific lie. And despite this, despite all this, the sun will continue

to rise.