Family Tree

A Novel

By: Susan Wiggs

Narrated by: Christina Traister

From the number one New York Times best-selling author comes a powerful, emotionally complex story of love, loss, the pain of the past - and the promise of the future.

Sometimes the greatest dream starts with the smallest element. A single cell joining with another. And then dividing. And just like that, the world changes.

Annie Harlow knows how lucky she is. The producer of a popular television cooking show, she loves her handsome husband and the beautiful Los Angeles home they share. And now she's pregnant with their first child. But in an instant, her life is shattered. And when Annie awakes from a yearlong coma, she discovers that time isn't the only thing she's lost.

Grieving and wounded, Annie retreats to her old family home in Switchback, Vermont, a maple farm generations old. There, surrounded by her free-spirited brother, their divorced mother, and four young nieces and nephews, Annie slowly emerges into a world she left behind years ago: the town where she grew up, the people she knew before, the high school boyfriend turned judge. And with the discovery of a cookbook her grandmother wrote in the distant past, Annie unearths an age-old mystery that might prove the salvation of the family farm.

Family Tree is the story of one woman's triumph over betrayal and how she eventually comes to terms with her past. It is the story of joys unrealized and opportunities regained. Complex, clear eyed, and big hearted, funny, sad, and wise, it is a novel to cherish and to remember.

©2016 Susan Wiggs (P)2016 HarperCollins Publishers

Starting Over Again

The characters in this novel were redeeming and their struggle is identifiable by many. Childhood family issues can definitely have an impact on adult choices. The development and flow of this story over time gave it credibility. Great read.

Enjoyed

But dragged at times. Good narration, story, just not my favorite. Nice one for car ride

Completely lost in the story

A great escape! Lost in the story didn’t want to stop listening. upbeat! nice quotes to remember to brighten your day

Take me to Switchback, VT

Great character development as usual. Great story. Looking forward to next book by her because it seems she never disappoints

So hard to rate that I had to review

This book was well written, but I'm not a fan of jumping around in time and jumping from one person's perspective to another.

As a person who is actually the age of the main character, and from a small town not far from the setting of this novel, I have to tell you it felt like this story was being written by someone much older who doesn't have much experience with our generation. We are, after all, the first wave of millennials.

The details regarding the parents falling in and out of love were ultimately unnecessary as they didn't change the story of the main character beyond her being a cynical child of divorce.

All in al, I won't re-read this book, but I finished it because I needed to know the final outcome.

Family Tree

I've never had to try so hard to finish a book, it was entirely to slow,sweet in spots but I wouldn't recommend this book at all, sorry

The way she developed the characters

It was a really good book! We loved it and look forward to listening to another of her books.

Very unique and enjoyable

The author’s writing style is unique and captivating. I loved the story and the characters. The narrator was excellent as well.

Perfection In The Kitchen

There isn’t anything that I don’t love about this book. From tragedy, struggle and then finding your passion and loving someone special, it’s all there. You will enjoy the journey. There are a lot of good people in this story.

Family is everything

Not everyone has a family that’s loving; however, here are two families with their own set of challenges. The story is how they overcome them with determination and love. The ending seemed a little blunt but the epilogue took care of that. Actually I wanted the story to continue as I really liked the main characters. Overall I was not disappointed. I’ve read several of Wiggs’ novels and enjoyed them all.