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The Late Bloomers' Club

by Louise Miller
Pamela Dorman: Viking. Jul. 2018. 336p. ISBN 9781101981238. $26; ebk. ISBN 9781101981252. F
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As warm and cozy as buttered brioche and tea next to the fireplace on a winter morning, Miller's second novel (after The City Baker's Guide to Country Living) features two sisters with night-and-day personalities living in small-town Vermont. Nora owns the local diner she inherited when her father died, a place where the blueberry muffins are complimentary and the townspeople find camaraderie. By contrast, her sister Kit is spontaneous and headstrong, a financially strapped filmmaker by trade. When Peggy, a beloved grandmotherly figure in the town, has a heart attack while driving, the two sisters inherit her property. Prior to her death, Peggy was in the process of selling her land to a developer, which causes mixed emotions in the community and stirs conflict between the sisters.
VERDICT A novel about sisterly bonds and the ties that bind a community, with a hint of blooming romance between Nora and a newcomer in town, this is slow and gentle reading that will appeal to fans of Jan Karon's "Mitford" books and Jennifer Chiaverini's "Elm Creek Quilts" series. [See Prepub Alert, 1/29/18.]
Reviewed by Julia M. Reffner, North Chesterfield, VA , May 01, 2018
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