In between learning all there is to know, and then some, about sour dough Lori Wilde squeezes in some fabulous sage advice. Although it’s her characters that do the offering, you know it’s coming straight from the creative and caring mind of Lori Wilde. Fans of Wilde know this and will be enthralled by her storytelling once again while reading THE LIGHTHOUSE ON MOONGLOW BAY.
 
Getting over anxiety, panic, and anger is a huge theme in this book. Supporting character Hank tells the analogy of anger and rage - how simple anger can lead to a story, and that story grows until it supports the rage. That rage can then lead to a misdeed. Nip that anger in the bud. 
 
Mend your own fences before you start stringing wire on your neighbors is another piece of advice offered in this book. Good advice, and one that both Harper and her sister Flannery need to heed. Both escaped to Moonglow from events that changed their future. Harper was let go from her advertising job because of innuendo spread by the very woman she had taken under her wing. You could say that Harper was cancelled. Something we have all learned about recently. Living and working in NY didn’t seem to have any more possibility. When Harper received word to come to the bay for the reading of her grandmothers will, she packed an overnight bag and left the Big Apple behind. Her plan was for a short stay to get a new plan for herself. It definitely didn’t include making sourdough starter.
 
Flannery was quite literally running from an abusive relationship. She feared for what might be escalating and had to protect her young daughter Willow. The bay would provide needed space. So Flannery packed up all her belongings and Willow and set out for what she hoped to be a place far removed.
 
With the sourdough, you must feed the mother dough several times a day. Watch it grow, use portions for baking things, and then feed it some more. Kind of like relationships. The genius of Lori Wilde is making you believe the goal is to make the starter, when it really is watching this family grow into a healthy one.
 
The Campbell girls came from Scottish roots. What they lacked in self-confidence they made up for it in intelligence and heart. That’s what the sisters had to discover for themselves. They had to learn how to live with their flaws and move past them to gain that life they wanted and needed. They both needed family, security, and acceptance. In the bay they found all three. So now it was up to them to figure out a way to meet the requirements of their grandmothers will. That would be a huge step towards forging ahead with newfound friendships and family long thought lost.
 
THE LIGHTHOUSE ON MOONGLOW BAY is a graciously written novel about all sorts of relationships. It speaks of the normal ups and downs and addresses the role the past plays in our future. Learning how to build good relationships is a lot like creating bread from the sourdough starter. It takes work, and in the end, you just might end up with something quite delectable. THE LIGHTHOUSE ON MOONGLOW BAY stars a brilliant cast of characters deftly created by Lori Wilde.

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