The Inheritance: A Novel by Joann Ross

(Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book!)

 

about book:

When conflict photographer Jackson Swann dies, he leaves behind a conflict of his own making when his three daughters, each born from a different mother and unknown to each other, discover that they’re now part owners of Maison de Madelaine, the family’s Oregon vineyard—a once famous business struggling to recover from a worldwide economic collapse.

After a successful career as a child TV star, a disastrous time as a teen pop star, and now a successful author, Tess is, for the first time in her life, suffering from a serious case of writer’s block and identity crisis.

Charlotte, brought up to be a proper Southern wife, has given up her own career goals to support her husband while having spent the past year struggling to conceive a child to create a more perfect marriage. On the worst day of her life, she discovers her beloved father has died, she has two sisters she’d never been told about, and her husband has fallen in love with another woman.

Natalie, daughter of Jack’s long-time mistress, has always known about both half-sisters. Still mourning the loss of her mother, the death of her father a year later is a devastating blow. And she can’t help feeling that both her sisters may resent her for being the daughter their father decided to keep.

As the sisters reluctantly gather at the family vineyard, they're enchanted by the legacy they've inherited, and by their grandmother’s rich stories of life in WWII France and the love she found with a wounded American soldier who brought her to Oregon where they started Maison de Madelaine

my thoughts:

Family drama centered on sisters who have just found out about each other via an inheritance their father has bequeathed them - a vineyard. Talk about a must read! How could I not want to read Joann Ross' novel, The Inheritance?! And, let me just say, I'm so glad that I did - the book was amazing! Here's why I loved it so much:

1. I love family dramas - they are always the best stories, because there are always secrets that shock and shake the family up and down. 

2. Sister drama - OMG! Yep, anything to do with sisterhood and I'm in. Especially, since there is always going to be jealousy, petty dramas, and with this book - sisters finding out about each other!? What the what?! 

3. A family vineyard - an inheritance that ties these new-to-each other sisters together - I love it! Talk about learning about your father and your family's history.

4. A grandmother and her stories. Love, love, love!

5.  The writing is superb. It's intoxicating with its rich details, vivid descriptions, and layers of family history. 

6. The sisters. Different as night and day, but sharing pain and grief over their father and their recent discovery of one another. Whoa!

7.  The story...I loved the drama, the sisters, and reading all about their grandmother's WWII experiences. So good!!

The Inheritance is one book I won't soon forget. I loved it to bits! And, I would happily recommend it to anyone and everyone looking for their next great read - you will LOVE this book!!

Thank you to the publisher and NetGalley for providing me with a copy of this book!