On Hummingbird Wings

By Lauraine Snelling

Book Overview

"But Mother is always dying," is Gillian Ormsby's sarcastic response when her younger, favored sister tells her that she has to go take care of their hypochondriac mother. Much against her will, since she and her mother never have gotten along, Gillian arrives in California to find the garden and yard dead, the blinds all drawn, and her mother indeed in bed -- waiting to die. But when Gillian talks with the doctor, he assures her there's no medical reason behind her mother's state.

Now on a mission to restore her mother to health, Gillian insists Mother get out of bed, eat, exercise and hopefully, choose to live. She also sets about reviving the garden to its former glory, enlisting the help of Adam, a handsome man who owns a family gardening business with his father. Gillian is delighted when a pair of hummingbirds appear, and her friendship with Adam grows.

Soon, Mother's health improves, and one day she announces she and her friend Enzio are going on a cruise. Before Gillian has time to turn around, her mother is gone and she is left high and dry again, and wondering, what is she going to do with the rest of her own life?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0446582115
• ISBN13: 9780446582117
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Faithwords
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

Life’s freedom is the best…

Lauraine Snelling does it again with her book On Hummingbird Wings. This is a story of life’s defeat, family coming to aide, new beginnings and and old life wanting you back. I truly enjoy Laurine’s books and will look forward to reading more of them. Thank you, Lauraine for sharing your talent with us all.