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When we found home / Susan Mallery.

Mallery, Susan, (author.). Eby, Tanya, (narrator.).

Summary:

Life is meant to be savored, but that's not easy with no family, limited prospects and a past you'd rather not talk about. Still, Callie Smith doesn't know how to feel when she discovers she has a brother and a sister--Malcolm, who grew up with affection, wealth and privilege, and Keira, a streetwise twelve-year-old. Callie doesn't love being alone, but at least it's safe. Despite her trepidation, she moves into the grand family home with her siblings and grandfather on the shores of Lake Washington, hoping just maybe this will be the start of a whole new life.But starting over can be messy. Callie and Keira fit in with each other, but not with their posh new lifestyle, leaving Malcolm feeling like the odd man out in his own home. He was clever enough to turn a sleepy Seattle mail-order food catalog into an online gourmet powerhouse, yet he can't figure out how to help his new sisters feel secure. Becoming a family will take patience, humor, a little bit of wine and a whole lot of love. But love isn't Malcolm's strong suit...until a beautiful barista teaches him that an open heart, like the family table, can always make room for more.In this emotional, funny and heartfelt story, Susan Mallery masterfully explores the definition of a modern family--blended by surprise, not by choice--and how those complicated relationships can add unexpected richness to life.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781488205040
  • ISBN: 1488205043
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 sound file (11 hr., 16 min., 27 sec.)) : digital.
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: New York : Harlequin Audio, 2018.

Content descriptions

Participant or Performer Note:
Read by Tanya Eby.
Performed by Tanya Eby.
Source of Description Note:
Hard copy version record.
Subject: Brothers and sisters > Fiction.
Washington (State) > Fiction.
FICTION / Romance / Contemporary.
Brothers and sisters.
Washington (State)
Genre: Domestic fiction.
Romance fiction.
Love stories.
Audiobooks.
Downloadable audio books.
Audiobooks.
Domestic fiction.
Fiction.
Romance fiction.

Electronic resources


  • AudioFile Reviews : AudioFile Reviews 2018 August
    Narrator Tanya Eby brings to life the story of three half-siblings who suddenly find themselves living together. Wealthy Malcolm discovers he has two sisters, Callie, a young woman who has a tough life, and Keira, a 20-year-old. He brings them both home to live with him and their grandfather. Eby masterfully gives voice to the three. Callie grew up in Texas, and Eby gives her a slight hint of a Southern accent. She gives Keira a youthful timbre. The young woman is streetwise but unsure of her new situation, and the listener can easily empathize with her. Malcolm is at a loss as to how to cope with his new siblings, and Eby deftly brings out his confusion. S.B. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
  • Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2018 May #2
    Best-selling romance author Mallery (Sisters like Us, 2018) presents a heartwarming stand-alone novel about a family brought together under unusual circumstances. Alberto, the patriarch of the Carlesso family, is determined to repair the ties that his son cut by abandoning three children in different cities. Alberto has already raised his grandson, Malcolm, and established him at the top of his gourmet-food business, Alberto's Alfresco. Then he tracked down precocious 12-year-old Keira in foster care. Now he's found Callie, a 26-year-old trying to rebuild after a teenage mistake resulted in her serving time in jail and derailing her life. Malcolm is unsure how to be a brother to these vulnerable young women, while, at the same time, he's opening himself up to a relationship with Delaney, a woman who is also dealing with loss and change. Mallery weaves together these stories in a compelling contemporary fairy tale that culminates in a satisfyingly happy ending. Readers will snap up this escapist summer read. Copyright 2018 Booklist Reviews.
  • Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2018 March #1

    Malcolm, Callie, and Kiera are suddenly linked when they learn that they share a father, whom none of them knew, and a grandfather eager to embrace his newfound family. The No 1 New York Times best-selling author's third hardcover, after Daughters of the Bride and Secrets of the Tulip Sisters. With a 250,000-copy first printing.

    Copyright 2018 Library Journal.

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