Caught up in the responsibilities of her job and the incessant demands of her elderly mother, mayor Emily Warwick doesn't allow herself to dream. Then there's her younger sister Jessica, who's about to walk down the aisle with a man their mother despises. It doesn't help that Emily's still mourning the husband she lost and wondering what happened to the baby she gave up for adoption twenty years ago. Sometimes she thinks it would take a miracle to fill the hole in her heart. But miracles do happen in Cape Light. You just have to close your eyes—and believe in your dreams.
Publishers Weekly Kinkade (Cape Light), the self-titled "Painter of Light" whose mass-produced soft-focus pastoral scenes have found many fans, revisits the idyllic Massachusetts town of Cape Light in this second volume of the Cape Light trilogy. Mayor Emily Warwick faces an election challenge from the local eatery owner, Charlie Bates. College student Sara Franklin wonders whether she should publicly reveal that she is the daughter Emily gave up for adoption after her husband's accidental death. Emily and her sister, Jessica, continue to cope with their difficult, heartless mother, Lillian, who now is in a snit over Jessica's choice of fianc , a pious local handyman named Sam Morgan; according to snobbish Lillian, he's not good enough for her daughter. Meanwhile, Boston ex-cop Luke McAllister moves to Cape Light and tries to redeem his guilt over his partner's death by setting up a halfway house for troubled teens who want to turn their lives around. His efforts force the town into a moral dilemma over accepting outsiders, and the project becomes a pivotal issue in Emily's reelection campaign. Will Emily convince the town to do the right thing? Will Lillian break down and come to Jessica's wedding? Kinkade and Spencer take a simplistic approach to political and family problems, with a considerable dose of Protestant proselytizing. The characters, though pleasant enough, are one-dimensional; it's easy to guess the inevitable happy ending. Those who enjoyed Kinkade's first book will find more of the same here. (Nov. 5) Copyright 2002 Cahners Business Information.\

Cape Light: Home song--Cape Light--2

Home Song (Cape Light, Book 2)

Cape Light Series #2

Thomas Kinkade & Katherine Spencer

Penguin Publishing Group

Berkley Publishing Group

New York: Berkley Books

Boulevard Books

Cape Light novel, book 2, New York, ©2002

United States, United States of America

Cape Light (2), November 4, 2003

New York, New York State, 2002

Book Club Edition, 2002

Reprint, 2003

tight binding

Sequel to: Cape Light.

Cape Light's Mayor, Emily Warwick, Can't Remember The Last Time She Let Herself Dream. Her Days Are Consumed By The Responsibilities Of Her Job And The Incessant Demands Of Her Elderly Mother. And There's Her Younger Sister, Jessica, Who Is About To Walk Down The Aisle With A Man Their Mother Despises. Emily Has Two Months To Bring Their Mother Around, But So Far - Even With Their Minister's Support - Her Plan Isn't Working. And It Doesn't Help That She's Still Mourning The Husband She Lost And Wondering What Happened To The Baby She Gave Up For Adoption Twenty Years Ago. Sometimes She Thinks It Would Take A Miracle To Fill The Hole In Her Heart.

vi, 377 pages ; 24 cm
Finding herself pulled in every direction with no room for her own dreams and goals, Cape Light mayor Emily Warwick struggles to balance town conflicts, the local election, and a family feud between her mother and sister
Sequel to: Cape Light

Mayor Emily Warwick is plagued by the challenges of a re-election campaign, the demands of her elderly mother, her sister's upcoming marriage to a man her mother does not like, the death of her husband, and the guilt of giving her child up for adoption

THE HOUSE WAS DARK, DESERTED LOOKING, EXCEPT for a small square of light in an upstairs window.

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