The Heirloom Inn by Olivia Miles
4.5/5 - The Heirloom Inn by Olivia Miles is a wonderful heartfelt story of three sisters coming back to their childhood home upon their aunt’s death. Estranged, torn apart by a betrayal, and holding grudges for fifteen years, Leah, Sadie, and Emma work together to renovate their home to become an inn. Each one dealing with their own secrets and internal struggles, reliving some of their most treasured and difficult memories. Leah, the oldest with two daughters, is divorcing her husband and has no clear view of her future. Sadie, the middle sister and the cause of the betrayal, is lost, with no home, no job, and no money. Emma, the youngest, never left their home; feeling trapped by her lack of choices. All three reunite when their Aunt Vivian dies leaves her large Victorian home to them. All three lives are upended and solutions are not easy to come by.
As Leah, Sadie and Emma tell the story in
alternating chapters; through heartwarming and heartbreaking moments. Their
story is filled with secrets, anger, angst, hurt, gossipers, small town
happenings, family, friends and neighbors, dreams, first loves, unrequited
love, romance and love. We get to know each of them and observe them let some
of their walls down when they have a shared goal. We see their relationships
with others and how they each dream their lives could be different. Sharing a common
goal might be the impetuous to bring them together and make them a family once
again.
Ms.
Mason wrote a story of familial love, loss and
heartache, this was a beautiful tribute to growing up, growing wiser, and having
the courage to face yourself, forgiveness and hidden stories from the past
about their aunt and their parents; weaving the tale through each of their
points of view. I highly recommend The
Heirloom Inn to other readers.
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