Thorndike Women's Fiction: Tending Roses (Hardcover)

from mrsdwilliams

Kate Bowman, along with her husband and infant son, travel to the family farm in Missouri to try to convince her strong-wiiled grandmother to move to a nursing home. Kate, used to the frantic pace of the city, dreads returning home and being embroiled in family drama. Grandma Rose, who is stronge...

from HeatherLINC

"Tending Roses" was a gentle, touching read filled with so much wisdom about families, priorities, motherhood and appreciating the little things in life. I adored Grandma Rose! She could be stubborn and opinionated, often hurting people with her words, but deep down she had a heart of gold. She r...

from mrsdwilliams

Kate Bowman, along with her husband and infant son, travel to the family farm in Missouri to try to convince her strong-wiiled grandmother to move to a nursing home. Kate, used to the frantic pace of the city, dreads returning home and being embroiled in family drama. Grandma Rose, who is stronge...

from Darla

Kate Bowman is on maternity leave from a high-pressure job, so when Grandma Rose starts a fire through her forgetfulness, the family decides Kate and her husband Ben, who's an architect and can "work anywhere", should go stay with Grandma Rose and convince her to move into a retirement home. Gran...

from allene68

heart-jerking story about growing old, Wingate tells it very well and brings characters alive