Counting Stars, by Kathleen Long
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When Bernadette Murphy’s brother, Mark, dies unexpectedly, her world is rocked. Jenny, the wife he left behind, skips grieving and goes straight into survival mode. That is, until she shows up at Bernie’s door in tears, holding a battered canvas journal in which Mark—once obsessed with adventure—had listed larger-than-life travel destinations.
Before losing her brother, life had been great for Bernie—a new career and a nice romance—even though she wavers on her boyfriend’s proposal and wears her diamond engagement ring on a cord around her neck instead of on her finger. But inspired by Mark’s unique bucket list, Bernie puts her mom, her dog, her best friend’s angsty teenager, and Jenny into a borrowed RV and sets off on a cross-country road trip, sharing quirky adventures and unexpected turns along the way.
But Bernie can’t run forever. Will she find a way to let go of the past, heal her losses, and open herself to life’s new possibilities?
Counting Stars, by Kathleen Long - Amazon Sales Rank: #591140 in Books
- Published on: 2015-10-27
- Released on: 2015-10-27
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.25" h x 1.00" w x 5.50" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 338 pages
Counting Stars, by Kathleen Long Review Named a WOMEN'S FICTION BEST BET for November 2015 by Heroes and Heartbreakers."Kathleen Long delivers a very touching story about the resilience of the human spirit." -Chick Lit Plus"Watching these four women come into their own as they learned to accept each other and themselves was such a beautiful experience...Sometimes you need to make a detour, sometimes you need to stop and count the stars, and sometimes the answers you need are buried deep inside you just waiting for you to brave enough to grab onto them and pull them into the light." -Jennifer MelzerUSA TODAY Bestselling Author, Kathleen Long, delivers an unforgettable story of healing and hope in this much-anticipated follow-up to her breakout novel, CHASING RAINBOWS.
About the Author
Kathleen Long is the author of fifteen novels in the genres of women’s fiction, contemporary romance, and romantic suspense. Kathleen has won a RIO Award and is a two-time winner of the Gayle Wilson Award of Excellence. She has also been nominated for a RITA Award. Her additional honors include award nominations for National Readers’ Choice, HOLT Medallion, Booksellers’ Best, and Book Buyers Best, as well as appearances on the USA Today and Wall Street Journal bestseller lists. A native of Wilmington, Delaware, she now divides her time between suburban Philadelphia and the Jersey Shore. When Kathleen is not plotting her next book or teaching creative writing, she spends her time bribing her tween to pick up her clothes, begging the dog to heel, and experimenting with photography. Connect with Kathleen at www.kathleenlong.com.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful. Kathleen Long writes the best books! By RobynKFLNJ Bernadette Murphy, known as Bernie to her friends and family, has a great life surrounded by her family, a wonderful man, her friends, and her dog. When her older brother Mark dies suddenly and unexpectedly, her world starts to crumble around her. Her sister-in-law Jenny shows up at her door one day with a book that Mark had written with all the places he wanted to go. It consisted of many of "the world's largest" attractions. Bernie wanted to take a road trip with her mom, Jenny, and her best friend Dianne to fulfill Mark's bucket list. With the help of her neighbor whose brother owns a recreational vehicle, Bernie learns how to drive the rv and is lent the vehicle so she can take the road trip. She finally convinces her mother, Jenny, and Dianne to take the trip with her. At the last minute Dianne backs out and sends her seventeen year old daughter Ashley in her place. Ashley wants to be anywhere but on this road trip. Her mom and Jenny aren't too thrilled to be there either. Bernie's boyfriend also shows up with her dog to see her off, because he's going on a road trip of his own, so Bernie sets out on her adventure with her mom, Jenny, Ashley and her dog Poindexter in tow. They set out for a three week, several thousand mile trip of the United States to visit the places on Mark's list and check off the sites they visit along the way. She also picks up souvenirs to keep as mementos of their adventure. The women initially find themselves at each other's throat, each dealing with their own lives in their own way. They finally start opening up to each other, actually get along, and start enjoying this adventure. They meet a wonderful woman named Myrtle and Bernie starts to reevaluate her own life. This was a wonderful book that really touched me and I couldn't put it down. This book definitely deserves more than five stars, but that's all they'll allow me to give. :) Kathleen Long is a phenomenal author and I highly recommend this book. I received a copy of Counting Stars in exchange of a fair and honest review.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. It's all about the journey! By JAR Counting Stars, by Kathleen Long, is her second book featuring Bernadette "Bernie" Murphy. Bernie is a columnist who lives with her big shaggy dog, Poindexter in the same neighborhood as her fiancé, that is if she ever makes it official. Life was going along rather smoothly until the sudden death of her older brother, Mark, from the same ailment as their dad a few years back. Now, Bernie isn't doing so well, writer's block has arrived with her grief and she doesn't see a way back to where she was. That is, until her sister-in-law, Jenny, brings her Mark's bucket list, the journal he began as a kid of the big places he wanted to see someday.It is at this point that Bernie comes up with the idea that they need to take a road trip to see these places, especially when she learns that Mark's most recent entries were just before his death. Bernie suggests that Jenny, her mom, Anne, her best friend, Diane, and she go check off Mark's list as a way to deal with their grief.In a borrowed RV, the ladies, with a substitution of Diane's teenage daughter, Ashley, and the addition of Poindexter, begin the journey, with the destinations Mark had written about, sketched, and taped clipped articles to the pages. But as the saying goes, "it is not the destination, but the journey that counts."And this journey is one of love and healing, secrets and sharing, and friends and family. Their course may be true, but wrong turns along the way brings them to a good homecoming. This story is sometimes intense in emotions, sometimes funny, and always page turning. I thoroughly enjoyed Counting Stars and highly recommend it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Very Emotional By Sarah53121 I was given an ARC of Counting Stars from NetGalley for an honest review and this is my review.This book was a very good book about loss and how to find your way again after someone you care about is gone unexpectedly. I liked how Bernie tried to help her mom and her sister-in-law deal with the unexpected passing of her brother by forcing them all to go on a road trip to all the places he wanted to see since he was a child. Even though the group, including an unhappy seventeen year-old, did not want to go at first over time the group manages to work through a number of squabbles, problems of their own and their grief to learn a lot about themselves, family, dealing with grief and putting your past to rest.This was a well written book with a lot of emotion and a number of likeable characters. I am not going give spoilers but like I said the book takes you through the whole process of how Bernie tries to honor her brother and at the same time tries to help herself, mother and sister-in-law in the grief process and in my opinion the writer did a very good job with it in this story.I am giving Counting Stars four out of five stars.
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