Falling Home

by Karen White

Book Overview

You know that saying about how sometimes you're the windshield and sometimes you're the bug? Cassie Madison had shaken the Georgia dust from her feet fifteen years ago, vowing never to leave... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451231449
• ISBN13: 9780451231444
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Berkley / Nal
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.5" x 8.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Couldn't put it down...

I enjoy a good romance novel and this is definitely one that you don't want to miss. As soon as I picked it up and started reading, I couldn't stop... I ended up staying up all night to finish the book in one sitting. If you enjoyed Reese Witherspoon's recent movie "Sweet Home Alabama", then you'll definitely enjoy this book =)

Falling Home is Real and it has Heart

It's rare that I am moved to tears when reading a book. Movies can often make me cry but books, almost never. Falling Home managed to reduce me to tears but that is certainly not why I loved this story and it is not my criteria for what constitutes a great book. But when a book can elicit that kind of emotional response from me it's because the story is well written, it's real and it has heart. Cassie Madison has spent 15 years in Manhattan building an enviable and powerful career in advertising. She hadn't spoken to her younger sister, Harriet, in those years since Harriet ran off and married the love of Cassie's life. During her absence Cassie kept in touch with her father and would meet him in Atlanta for a weekend once a year but refused to return to her hometown of Walton. Cassie believes she has outgrown the small town life and has become a big city snob. The story begins when Cassie must return to Walton after receiving a phone call from her sister with the news that their father is dying.Cassie leaves Manhattan, her job and her fiancé, Andrew, to return to Walton to see her father for the last time. After arriving in Walton one of the first people Cassie meets is the town doctor, Dr. Sam Parker, one of her childhood friends. Sam is no longer the nerdy, goofy kid she knew but has morphed into an incredibly gorgeous hunk and one of the towns most loved and respected citizens. There are surprises, mysteries, and twists in this book that kept me reading until 4:30 a.m. on more then one night. I could not put this book down! There is hardly an emotion that isn't played on in this story about returning home, old hurts and heartbreak, growing up, letting go, learning what is really important in life and finding one's heart.Karen White's first book, In the Shadow of the Moon, convinced me that she is an author whose books I will always look forward to reading and re-reading. Falling Home contains the excellent character development, story line, twists and turns and emotional depth that Ms. White consistently creates in her work. Those who read her work will not be disappointed and will ultimately become fans.

Falling Home is a Winner!

Falling Home is a heartwarming story about family and what matters most in life. Ms. White's writing style holds your interest right up until the last word, leaving you very satified but wanting more. I have read all three of her books and they just keep getting better. Karen White has written a winner! I couldn't put this book down.

It's never too late for love to heal.

Karen White writes from the heart to bring you a story of love and forgiveness when a young woman returns to her small hometown and finds that what she really wants and values in life is there and not in New York's distant avenues. You will laugh and you will cry as Cassie discovers true love with an old friend and builds new bridges over old hurts with her sister. Cassie is a modern heorine who learns that for her, being "keeper of the hearts," is the most important job she can have.