Dawn Dixon seems to have it all, a successful career, a loving (if a little bit hippy) mother, and an upcoming wedding with her childhood sweetheart. Then one day, it all comes crashing down. Her fiancée calls off the wedding and her mother tells her she has breast cancer. Dawn and her mother decide to take a vacation in Cape Cod to get some time to deal with all that has been happening. While they are there, her mother finds a rundown ice cream shop and purchases it on a whim. Dawn, a meticulous accountant, is horrified, but her love for her mother leads her to help try to get the shop up and running. The slower life style of the cape, the beauty of the beach, and the kindness of two men begin to work their charm, and soon Dawn and her mother are considering things they would never have considered before.
After I finished the lecture series on the K'uran, I was ready for something lighter. I decided to try this book because Fisher is a Christian author I hadn't tried before. It turned out to be pretty good. It was interesting because, although there are romantic interests in the story for both women, it focused more on the mother/daughter relationship and Dawn's gradual return to faith than on the romantic elements. I don't think anyone even kissed in the whole book. I also liked that Dawn slowly realizes that it was her focus on career success and her controlling personality that had poisoned her relationship with her fiancée. The Christian elements were a little heavier handed than in some books but I didn't mind it. I think I will be willing to read something else by Fisher in the future. (320p. 2022)
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