I had the pleasure of reading this third book in "The Quilted Heart" series by Mona Hodgson. Generally, I don't care for reading books in a series without first reading the books before (what can I say, I like things in order!), but this book captivated me right from the start! I definitely want to catch up and read the first two, but I was hooked right from the first few paragraphs! "Ripples Along the Shore" was a finely knit fictional novel about not only the sorrow and recovery of just one Civil War widow, Caroline Milburn, but of a whole community of Americans, set on rebuilding their lives following the divide of a country in war. Destined to return to Saint Charles, Missouri after her spinster aunt passes away, to stay with her sister and bitter brother-in-law and family, Caroline struggles with the grief she feels with the loss of her husband to the war. Will she find peace and purpose in what she should do now t...
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