An Accidental Woman

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New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky
returns to the town of Lake Henry, New Hampshire,
scene of her beloved earlier novel Lake News, with
an unforgettable story that explores the ways in
which we limit our own chances for happiness—and
the accidents of fate that can set us free.
Heather Malone has made her home in Lake Henry
for the last fourteen years. Known for her kind, gentle
nature, she lives with Micah Smith, a widower, and his
two young daughters. When the FBI takes her into cus-
tody on charges of flight to avoid prosecution, purport-
edly for a murder that took place in California, the
local reaction is stunned disbelief. Yet, when those
closest to her, including Micah, think back over the
time they have known her, they realize that they have
learned virtually nothing about her earlier life.
Poppy Blake is Heather's closest friend. A lifelong
resident of Lake Henry, Poppy is confined to a wheel-
chair, the result of a snowmobile accident... Tovább

Fülszöveg

New York Times bestselling author Barbara Delinsky
returns to the town of Lake Henry, New Hampshire,
scene of her beloved earlier novel Lake News, with
an unforgettable story that explores the ways in
which we limit our own chances for happiness—and
the accidents of fate that can set us free.
Heather Malone has made her home in Lake Henry
for the last fourteen years. Known for her kind, gentle
nature, she lives with Micah Smith, a widower, and his
two young daughters. When the FBI takes her into cus-
tody on charges of flight to avoid prosecution, purport-
edly for a murder that took place in California, the
local reaction is stunned disbelief. Yet, when those
closest to her, including Micah, think back over the
time they have known her, they realize that they have
learned virtually nothing about her earlier life.
Poppy Blake is Heather's closest friend. A lifelong
resident of Lake Henry, Poppy is confined to a wheel-
chair, the result of a snowmobile accident nearly a
dozen years prior that left her a paraplegic and killed
her male companion. Since then, she has worked hard
to rebuild her life. Currently, she runs a local telephone
messaging service out of her specially equipped house
on Lake Henry. Fiercely independent, Poppy refuses to
let her physical limitations break her spirit. However, it
is her guilt over past mistakes, more than her present
disability, which is holding her back from pursuing a
future that includes a husband and family.
Writer Griffin Hughes originally traveled to Lake
Henry to investigate a national news story involving
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Lily Blake, Poppy's older sister. What keeps him com-
ing back is his attraction to Poppy. However, a chance
comment made to his brother, an FBI agent, provides
the thread that leads the law to Heather. To redeem
himself, Griffin is compelled to solve the mystery of
Heather's past. Along the way, he becomes key to free-
ing Poppy from her own past and helping her see the
possibilities of a richer future.
Setting her story against the backdrop of a pic-
turesque New England town during the maple syrup
harvesting season, when the harshness of winter yields
to the sweet promise of spring, and when the whole town
is involved in the race to process the sap before the thaw
sets in, Barbara Delinsky has written a tightly knit and
compelling story that celebrates the values of commu-
nity, friendship, and the redemptive power of love.
BARBARA DELINSKY is the New YorkTimes
bestselling author of more than seventy novels. A life-
long New Englander, she and her husband, a lawyer,
have three grown sons and two daughters-in-law. The
couple divide their time between their suburban Boston
home and a lake house in New Hampshire. Vissza