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Starlight on Willow Lake follows a widowed caregiver who tends to quadriplegic Alice Bellamy, weaving a narrative of hope and healing within the Bellamy household. The story explores how family ties—mothers, daughters, and single parents—navigate the tension between hidden secrets and the everyday rhythms of city life.
Through intimate interpersonal relations and the challenges of caring for a loved one, the novel portrays the complex dynamics of man-woman relationships, family secrets, and the subtle attractions that bind people together in a world of affluence and ordinary struggles.
First publish date: 2015
Genre: Family & Domestic Fiction/Parenthood & Family Fiction
Authors: Susan Childress
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