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Fiction Contemporary Women

Abby's Journey

by (author) Steena Holmes

Publisher
Amazon Publishing
Initial publish date
Feb 2017
Category
Contemporary Women, Coming of Age, Family Life
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9781503940321
    Publish Date
    Feb 2017
    List Price
    $20.95
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781531863579
    Publish Date
    Feb 2017
    List Price
    $14.99
  • CD-Audio

    ISBN
    9781531863562
    Publish Date
    Feb 2017
    List Price
    $21.99

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Twenty-year-old Abigail Turner has only known her mother, Claire—who died shortly after she was born—through letters, videos, postcards, and journals. Abby’s father, Josh, has raised his precious daughter himself, but his overprotectiveness has become stifling. Abby longs to forge out on her own and see the world after a childhood trapped indoors: she suffers from bronchopulmonary dysplasia, which means a case of the sniffles can rapidly escalate into life-threatening pneumonia.

But when Abby’s doctor declares her healthy—for now—her grandmother Millie whisks her away to Europe to visit the Christmas markets that her mother cherished and chronicled in her travel journals. Despite her father’s objections, Abby and Millie embark on a journey of discovery in which Abby will learn secrets that force her to reevaluate her image of her mother and come to a more mature understanding of a parent-child bond that transcends death.

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Steena Holmes offers a tender and heartfelt exploration of parental love and a daughter’s longing for connection in the poignant next chapter following Saving Abby.

About the author

Steena Holmes is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the novels Saving Abby, The Word Game, Stillwater Rising, The Memory Child, Emma’s Secret, and Finding Emma, among others. She won the National Indie Excellence Award in 2012 for Finding Emma as well as the USA Book News Award for The Word Game. Steena lives in Calgary, Alberta, and continues to write stories that touch every parent’s heart. To find out more about her books and her love of traveling, you can visit her website at www.steenaholmes.com or follow her journeys on Instagram @steenaholmes.

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Editorial Reviews

“Hopeful and uplifting…Abby’s Journey takes the reader on an emotional roller-coaster ride.…” The Chronicle Herald

“Poignant and emotionally moving, Abby's Journey is highly recommended.” Midwest Book Review