This is the perfect book for you Book Club…personal tragedies that change your life’s plan, the pain of feeling like a failure to others, dealing with disjointed family issues…or the role of adults in the lives of children when you are not biologically connected.
And…mostly the way that Sunny played Deacon to carry her around everyplace. Carys dancing naked in front of the mirror just for herself was an amazing visual that I would have like to see…she was so talented to have her not be able to dance professionally. So many favorite parts…daily coffee runs and conversations…texting at the grocery store when Deacon is trying to buy diapers, along with all of the other things that are so out of her purview. I am not one for summarizing a story as I want you to read it on your own and this one is well worth your time…and just let me say that I both read it and listened to the audiobook…each bringing a new dimension to the story. Beyond that we have two people who have had to reframe the dream they had for themselves…one is Deacon, a famous football player and the other is Carys, a prima ballerina….each with their own personal demons to boot. A child, every child, needs to be accepted for their individuality-no different than any other. Wow.what a really amazing read this was!! As a former educator I think that the part that I loved the most was how Sunny, a down’s syndrome baby, was described by her mom Carys and the clear message that each and every one should envision…something that every classroom teachers has a chance to instill in all of their students. Then why did I wish more than anything that I could be the one woman to change him? He was wrong for me - so wrong that I’d dubbed him the “anti-boyfriend”. I knew Deacon was starting to care for me too, even though Sunny and I didn’t fit into any plan he’d ever imagined for himself. I’d gone and fallen for a guy who’d sworn off commitment and kids.
Our friendship turned into a complicated mess. Normal friend stuff.īut over time, our conversations ran deeper. Single-and-Ready-to-Mingle was a baby whisperer.Īfter that night, we became friends. And when he held her.she eventually fell asleep in his arms.ĭeacon was rough on the exterior, but apparently on the inside? Mr. Miraculously, at the sound of his voice, Sunny stopped crying. When my daughter wouldn’t stop wailing one night, Mr. As a single mother to an infant, I didn’t appreciate it. But our walls were thin, and on occasion, he’d bring women to his place and keep me awake while he “entertained” them. From New York Times best-selling author Penelope Ward comes a new stand-alone novel.Īt first, my neighbor Deacon frustrated me.
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