Lauraine Snelling

Dear Readers,

Lauraine Snelling writes wonderful historical fiction.  She has many loyal followers that can't wait for her next book to come out.  She intersperses her historical with delightful contempary tales.  On Hummingbird Wings by Lauraine is her lastest in the contemporary genre. 

On Hummingbird Wings is a story of family and how dynamics can change over the years.  Gillian has lived her adult life in New York City and has loved every minute of it and can't think of a reason to ever leave.  Home is not calling her, in fact she hasn't been to visit in over 5 years.  So when her sister calls and tells her that her mother is dying and she needs to come help, Gillian surprises herself and her family when she grabs a plane and heads off to California. 

Gillian finds things even worse than she expected, but she doesn't believe her mother is dying.  She believes she is tired and depressed because of a small stroke she had, but dying?  No. Can Gillian afford to stay, or does she need to go back to New York to try to save her job?  Why does she suddenly not feel like leaving?

This is a nice gentle story that is not a hard read.  I think the only complaint I have is that Lauraine leaves many questions unanswered.  I was going to list them for you here, but I don't want to ruin the story for you.   But I do have a few I would like to ask of the characters/Lauraine.  Over all this is one of those stories that you can easily read over a weekend.

Happy Reading