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Finding Forever In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen

Aug6

Dipping A Toe In New Waters

Finding Forever In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen is the charming tenth book in the wonderful Pelican Crossing series but can be read as a stand-alone.

Once more the reader is delighted to return to the tranquil Pelican Crossing where the welcome is warm as the locals offer hospitality and friendship to all.

Catching up with familiar faces and locations, and meeting new ones is always a pure delight.

The reason for a character rushing to Pelican Crossing is an accident has befallen her beloved Mimi. Fifty-year-old Paige finds herself at a crossroads in life. Pelican Crossing offers peace and care whilst her heart heals from grief. We ‘feel’ the pain of sudden loss – for me, it was all too raw, as my ninety-five-year-old Dad died suddenly and unexpectedly recently, very similar to the character in the book. I could easily empathise, grief is not linear, it comes in waves.

Pelican Crossing is a community that offers care where it can. Lives are supported – and everyone knows your business which is far preferable to the anonymity of a big city.

Grown up children are quick to consign their mother to the pipe and slippers brigade. This was reminiscent of the grown-up children in the movie with Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson, All That Heaven Allows buying their mother a television for company. Life is for living whatever your age. Grown up children show that they can be very selfish – taking and taking from a mother, without any thought to her needs.

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Something In The Air In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen

Apr2

Awakenings

Something In The Air In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen is a delightful contemporary novel that will warm your heart. It is the eighth book in the Pelican Crossing series but can be read as a stand-alone.

I enjoyed meeting up with familiar faces. Pelican Crossing is just up the coast from Bellbird Bay (another fabulous series by the author). It gives the reader a familiar feeling as businesses and characters from Bellbird Bay are mentioned in passing.

All the characters are delightfully drawn, and are warm and welcoming. The majority of characters are over fifty. It is refreshing to see that growing older does not necessarily mean an ever-increasing sedentary life. Life is for living whatever your age.

The two lead characters are similar but different. Both have been affected by previous life events, and now prefer to life an isolated life. “Why did the name of that boy still have the power to make her feel like this?… He can’t hurt me anymore.” As neighbours, they find their paths often cross. Previously closed lives begin to bud and blossom.

A chance meeting with an upset young woman causes a fifty plus woman to offer love and care. A trauma in both their lives bonds the women. They can help each other to heal.

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A Family Christmas In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen

Nov4

Closing The Gap

A Family Christmas In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen is a most charming Contemporary Christmas novel that will warm your heart and leave you smiling. It is part of the Pelican Crossing series but can be read as a stand-alone.

Once more Maggie Christensen has created a wonderful treasure chest full of characters as we catch up with familiar faces and get to know new ones. Pelican Crossing is a place of community where strangers become friends; and friends become family.

The leading characters are in their sixties and prove that life is for living whatever your age. At each new stage of life, there are new opportunities for fresh beginnings.

A character has spent a lifetime feeling hurt and angry. “It’s been a long time… I think I may be ready to… forgive her.” Forgiveness frees us from a prison of bitterness, enabling us to live light and free.

Another character finds himself single after losing the love of his life. There is life after loss. It will be different but one day you will smile again. “He missed her every day, but life had to go on.”

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Waves Of Change In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen

Aug5

Totally Charming

Waves Of Change In Pelican Crossing by Maggie Christensen is a very charming contemporary novel that I adored. It is the sixth book in the Pelican Crossing series but can be read as a stand-alone. I recommend reading the books in order for character progression and the background stories to the characters.

Pelican Crossing is a place we would all love to reside, where the welcomes are warm and the coffee is flowing. It is a place where people go to heal. “Pelican Crossing was a good place to heal.”

Home is the place that calls us – whether we are in a good or a bad place, we all long to return home “Livvy began to feel better. Nothing had changed but she was home in Pelican Crossing.” Home is the place where people love us.

We see that the worst hurt comes from those we thought we could trust. ‘Friendly fire’ really pulls the rug out from under a character. The storyline reminded me of Joseph’s story in Genesis – what others meant for harm; God used for good. Sometimes our biggest disappointments can turn into our biggest triumphs.

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