Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg. 4*

Night of Miracles by Elizabeth Berg. 4*

I loved The Story of Arthur Truluv, because it was hopeful and positive on the issues of aging, dying and loneliness. It was a simple and sweet book that made me love the characters enough to be thrilled to see a sequel. Night of Miracles picks up where Arthur left off with Lucille, the lovely neighbor who cooked, though never married and moved in with Arthur and his pregnant teen age “adopted” daughter Maddy to mother them both.

Now Maddy has grown up and her young daughter Nola have moved away and Maddy is engaged. Louise is giving her cooking classes but feeling her age every day. The book follows the story of what happens to Louise and Maddy, including a delightful haunting! While it is also hopeful and gives closure to the issues left open with Arthur everything is tied up almost too neatly.

That doesn’t take away from the feel-good easiness of this book, which was a joy with so much happening in the world and literature that fills our days. You may well cry with this book, but it won’t be from frustration or hopelessness.

I received this book from NetGalley.