Published May 12, 2015 by NAL
It has been two years since the
death of Merritt Heyward’s husband, Cal, when she receives unexpected
news—Cal’s family home in Beaufort, South Carolina, bequeathed by Cal’s
reclusive grandmother, now belongs to Merritt.
Charting the course of an uncertain life—and feeling guilt from her husband’s tragic death—Merritt travels from her home in Maine to Beaufort, where the secrets of Cal’s unspoken-of past reside among the pluff mud and jasmine of the ancestral Heyward home on the Bluff. This unknown legacy, now Merritt’s, will change and define her as she navigates her new life—a new life complicated by the arrival of her too young stepmother and ten-year-old half-brother.
Soon, in this house of strangers, Merritt is forced into unraveling the Heyward family past as she faces her own fears and finds the healing she needs in the salt air of the Low Country.
Charting the course of an uncertain life—and feeling guilt from her husband’s tragic death—Merritt travels from her home in Maine to Beaufort, where the secrets of Cal’s unspoken-of past reside among the pluff mud and jasmine of the ancestral Heyward home on the Bluff. This unknown legacy, now Merritt’s, will change and define her as she navigates her new life—a new life complicated by the arrival of her too young stepmother and ten-year-old half-brother.
Soon, in this house of strangers, Merritt is forced into unraveling the Heyward family past as she faces her own fears and finds the healing she needs in the salt air of the Low Country.
My Thoughts…
Loralee and Merritt are the main
characters in this story. I felt for
them both. While Loralee had found her
happy place, Merritt was still searching for hers. Together they just worked. I found it hard to remember that Loralee is
Merritt’s step-mother. Loralee seemed
so young to me. She was full of life
and never let her situation pull her down or distract her from those around
her. Yet, she had been married to
Merritt’s father. Merritt had an old
soul or maybe just had a rough enough life that she grew old quicker than she
should have. She had tough skin and a
lot of fears to overcome. Loralee is so
good for her.
Ten year old Owen, Merritt’s half
brother and Loralee’s son, is a great character. He is smart, almost too smart for his own
good. Yet he understands life. He has lost his dad, has moved across the
country to meet a sister for the first time, and still manages to be happy and
accepting of life. I felt like he ties
all the characters together. Everyone
who meets him loves him, making them all have a connection to each other.
Then of course there is
Gibbes. Sigh, a pediatrician who is good
looking, understanding, and an all around good person. I so wanted him to find his place in
Merritt, Loralee, and Owen’s lives.
They were his family, whether he wanted them to be or not. He
understood that Owen needed a father figure yet didn’t push it. He was there for Merritt even when she
didn’t want him to be. He kept
Loralee’s secret.
The Sound of Glass is a great
story. There is intrigue, a mystery,
romance, and truth. I would recommend
this story to all adult lit
readers.
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