Wildflower Hill, By Kimberly Freeman | Book Review & Girlfriend Advice

September 14, 2011 – 5:38 am

Hey girlfriend! Looking for a new novel for your book club or a good read for the fall?

Hot off the presses, Wildflower Hill by Kimberley Freeman is here!

(Full disclosure: They sent me a free copy of the book, but I had to do all the reading myself.)

Wildflower Hill is the dual story of two women (a grandmother and granddaughter) who each have to find a way to start over in their lives.

The novel spans three generations starting with Beattie, pregnant, unmarried, and pressured by society in the 1930s to give up her baby for adoption. Beattie and her married beau run off to Tasmania where Beattie begins one of several “do-overs” in her life.

Fast forward to present day. Lucy is a ballerina, living and working in London until a career-ending Read More »

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