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Apple and Rain

by Sarah Crossan

2014 · 330 pages

Friends to LoversHoliday Romance
4.0Goodreads
5.0Amazon
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Apple and Rain When Apple's mother walks back into her life after eleven years, it feels like magic—like the missing piece finally clicking into place. But as Christmas approaches, Apple discovers that homecomings are messier and more complicated than the reunion she's dreamed of, and that sometimes the people we love most can still hurt us deeply. It's through an unexpected connection with someone equally lost and searching that Apple begins to see her situation—and herself—with clearer eyes. This is a tender, honest story about broken families, second chances, and finding wholeness not in the people we thought would complete us, but in the unexpected connections that change everything.

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