Home to Cedar Branch

Home to Cedar Branch: A Quaker Café Novel by Brenda Bevan Remmes

300 Pages

Publisher: Lake Union Publishing

Release Date: January 19, 2016

Fiction (Adult), General Fiction (Adult), Women’s Fiction, Domestic Violence

Three boys hoping to see naked women, climb a magnolia tree outside of the doctor’s office. They got more than they bargained for when the branch broke, and they fell through the skylight. The doctor is found naked with a woman, Katy, and their affair is uncovered. Now Katy’s husband, Hank, is on the war path. The doctor’s wife, Laura, immediately begins making plans for her future. While she and the doctor are talking at home, there is a knock at the door. She opens it and a man with a gun opens fire killing the doctor.

The Quaker community plays an important role in the story. The book has a steady pace that kept my attention until I finished it late into the night. The characters were developed, and it was written in the third person point of view. There are excellent discussion questions. If you like general fiction dramas, you may enjoy this book.