A Reason to Be : A Novel (Hardcover)

from Dreesie

2.5 stars ——— Thank you to LibraryThing and Greenleaf Book Group for providing me with an ARC of this book. ——— I requested this book through LibraryThing because the blurb made me think it was right up my alley--a man writing about his genealogy research. Only this is a novel. An autobiographic...

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*I received this book through LibraryThing Early Reviewers.* An interesting read and one I'm guessing is semi-autobiographical. If genealogy is your thing, this is likely the book for you, as the story is driven by a man's quest for understanding about his family's past. It's a nice story, but I ...

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My heritage is Scots-Irish, so I liked the idea of slipping back through generations into their world as the main character, Douglas, explores his genealogy. And I did enjoy the stories of his ancestors, though it's not clear how anyone would be able to find out as many details of their lives as ...

from PensiveCat

Douglas McCombs has been waiting out his life since he lost Hope (his wife who had Alzheimer's). A friend of his tries to help him to live again by taking walks with him and encouraging him to resume his ancestry research. In so doing, Douglas meets Suzy Hamilton, a librarian who he falls for (al...

from m.belljackson

While there are many enlightening personal patterns that we can explore with the author and be inspired to trace our own genealogy, it is harder to connect with main character, Douglas McCombs. Given his extensive insistence on his eternal love with a wife who seemingly thought only of herself, h...