Searching For Sandra by Jane Harvey

By Emma Fitzgerald -
Thank you @Rararecoures and @dreenac for letting me be part of this tour and reviewing this book. Searching for Sandra is book 3 in the series and is written in the past (1968) and present-day ( 2022). This is a short Novella and is about the residents in the hummingbird house. This is the second book I have read and it was nice to be reading about Betty again. Searching for Sandra is an enjoyable read. The story is excellently written and has wonderful characters. Loved it 5 stars. Searching for Sandra will make a great summer read. Searching for Sandra (a novella) Make yourself at home in Hummingbird House with this heartwarming new novella. In 1968, the summer of love seems long gone. Hummingbird House has a new batch of residents, and Betty is settled in a comfortable – though unexpected – form of domestic bliss. Life may not have worked out as planned, but she is determined to make the best of it. Yet as the months go on, she realises she still has much to learn. With one tenant missing and another threatening to sweep her off her feet, she begins to worry that her happy home could fall around her once more. *** In 2022, Betty has established a comfortable routine. She weeds the front yard. Listens to the radio. Makes cake. At the age of 83, she knows what – and who – she likes, plus just how much she can manage before her arthritis begins to complain. She lives by simple rules gleaned from hard-learnt lessons:  Keep an open mind and a well-stocked pantry  Sometimes meddling is not such a bad thing But when an old friend finally makes an overdue appearance, those guidelines start to take on a new meaning. Just how much should we do for absent friends? And when is it right to take a chance on love? Searching for Sandra follows the lives of the characters in books one and two of the Hummingbird House series – showing what happens next and the unexpected impact of friendships and neighbourly love. Author Bio – Jane Harvey is a pen name. ‘Jane’ crafts fun fiction for the thinking woman, where she enjoys exploring unexpected friendships and writing happy endings. This is lucky, because in real life her (prize-winning) fiction is a little bleaker. She was born and raised on the beautiful island of Jersey, CI, and lives with two males and a dog.

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