Crossing Oceans by Gina Holmes
Not many people can throw on a cape and save the world. Isabella, however, I could rescue. This was my final chance to be a hero, even if I was the only one would ever know it.
Jenny Lucas promised herself the day she left home, pregnant and alone, she’d never look back. But life has a way of upending even the best-laid plans. Now, nearly six years later, she returns to her sleepy North Carolina town to face the ghosts she left behind. While she still can, she’s determined to have a say in who will raise her little girl when she’s gone—the father she hasn’t spoken to since she left or Isabella’s dad—who doesn’t yet know he has a daughter.
The remarkable story that unfolds will bring a family back together again to discover the kinds of love that save us when nothing else can.
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What would you do if you found out today that you had less than one year to live?

Jenny Lucas left home years ago, pregnant and alone. Now a life-altering medical condition brings her back to her hometown. Her childhood house brings back painful memories – including memories of her deceased mother. As she struggles to connect with her estranged Dad and becomes reacquainted with her oxygen-tank-dependant grandmother, she makes some important decisions about the future of her child. Jenny needs to find someone to raise Bella, her five-year-old daughter. Her time is short and drama ensues as she struggles to get along with Bella’s father, David and David’s wife. David didn’t realize he had a daughter, and Jenny’s world tilts when she finds herself smitten with Craig, a high-school friend and boarder in her father’s home.

This story will tug at your heartstrings. I believe a lot of us can relate to Jenny’s struggle in rebuilding her familial relationships. You also feel sympathy for Jenny as she searches for the best person to raise her daughter. This story also gives a poignant view of tying up loose ends in your life in the face of death while still struggling to keep God at the center of your life.

You’ll need a box of tissues when you read this one…a very well-written story with strong characters.

If you read this book, did you like it? Leave a comment with your opinion.

Also, I’ll top off this blog post by repeating this question…respond in the comments:
What would you do if you found out today that you had less than one year to live?

~Cecelia Dowdy~