Last One Home by Debbie Macomber

Have you (or someone that you know) ever been in an abusive relationship? If so, how long did it take for you to leave your abuser?

This was a nice, simple story about Cassie. Cassie is a woman who ran away from home at eighteen, against her parents’ wishes, to marry Duke, her high school sweetheart. After she leaves, she becomes estranged from her family and doesn’t make any contact with her sisters for years. Now, she divorced, trying to put her life back together after leaving her abusive husband (Duke). Cassie wants a house for to raise Amiee, her twelve-year-old daughter. Through a local program, she’s able to take steps toward owning her own home. However, handsome Steve is assigned to work on Cassie’s home project. She finds herself falling for Steve, but, the last time she fell in love, Cassie ended up being an abused woman. How can she learn to trust again.

This book shows how to get up and do your best after you’ve hit rock bottom. This novel also about reconciliation among sisters. Cassie has not seen her sisters since she was eighteen years old. They reach out to one another for familial reasons, breaking the ice between them.

Overall, a good read.

So, have you (or someone that you know) ever been in an abusive relationship? If so, how long did it take for you to leave your abuser?