Dr. Robyn Anderson, a self-described "stuck up, overeducated snob with no real life skills," moves south from the northeast United States to Freedom, Virginia (population 6,241), to serve as head guidance counselor at Freedom High School. On the first day of her "step-down job," she meets Anastasia Hoffman, Freedom's first Black valedictorian-to-be and the most astonishing human being Robyn has ever met.
Until Robyn meets Anastasia's father.
Gerald Hoffman is a fishing guide, counter-culture hippie, and professional dreamer still mourning the loss of his wife and soul mate, Sofia, who helped him build a log "castle" on the Red Oak River where he and Anastasia live completely off the grid, growing their own food and living in harmony with nature.
Sparks don't fly the first time Robyn and Gerald meet, but there's something uncanny and right and true about Robyn that reawakens Gerald's broken heart.
Filled with J. J. Murray's signature humor, crackling dialogue, situations ripped from today's headlines, and a focus on the power and resilience of the American family, Even if my Heart Would Break proves that even the most broken heart can be mended and that love comes in many colors ... and sometimes, the colors are tie-dyed.
Genre: Romance
Until Robyn meets Anastasia's father.
Gerald Hoffman is a fishing guide, counter-culture hippie, and professional dreamer still mourning the loss of his wife and soul mate, Sofia, who helped him build a log "castle" on the Red Oak River where he and Anastasia live completely off the grid, growing their own food and living in harmony with nature.
Sparks don't fly the first time Robyn and Gerald meet, but there's something uncanny and right and true about Robyn that reawakens Gerald's broken heart.
Filled with J. J. Murray's signature humor, crackling dialogue, situations ripped from today's headlines, and a focus on the power and resilience of the American family, Even if my Heart Would Break proves that even the most broken heart can be mended and that love comes in many colors ... and sometimes, the colors are tie-dyed.
Genre: Romance
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