Rae and her mother-in-law, Laura, are grieving the death of Laura's husband and two sons in a terrible accident. To compound issues, Laura find's out that her husband's business was not as solvent as she had thought, and he has to leave her home and return to New York to live with relatives. Rae is very close to her mother-in-law and begs to go with her. When the two women arrive in New York, they are welcomed by a big boisterous Italian family who get them set up in an apartment, and even find Rae a job. Her new boss is a cousin of her mother-in-law, and seems unusually attentive to Rae. Rae begins to feel attracted to him, but at the same time has to deal with feelings of guilt toward Laura and her first husband.
This is a short novella by an author I haven't tried before. As you can probably tell from the intro, it is a straight up retelling of the Ruth and Naomi story. I enjoyed it quite a bit. It is simple, and sweet without a lot of drama. Everyone is nice to each other and no one really gets angry at anyone. I know that in stories there is supposed to be a major conflict the main character works through, but I wasn't at all in the mood for angst. This salve-to-my-
soul book was just the right thing this week, and I probably try other books by St. James in the future. (140 p. 2015)
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