"The Late Bloomers' Club" by Louise Miller

Condition - minor wear on cover shown in photos "The Late Bloomers' Club" by Louise Miller Nora, the owner of the Miss Guthrie Diner, is perfectly happy serving up apple cider donuts, coffee, and eggs-any-way-you-like-'em to her regulars. But her life is soon upended when she discovers she and her free-spirited younger sister Kit stand to inherit the home and land of the town's beloved cake lady, Peggy Johnson Kit, an aspiring -and broke- filmmaker, thinks her problems are solved when she and Nora learn Peggy was in the process of selling the land to a big-box developer before her death. The people of Guthrie are divided over the sale - some want the opportunities the development will bring  while others are staunchly against any change - and they aren't afraid to leave their opinions with their tips But Nora isn't quite ready to give up on Peggy's legacy and sell the land - complete with a charring farmhouse, an ancient apple orchard, and the clues to a secret life that no one knew Peggy led. Troubled by the tension, and confused by her growing feelings toward Elliot, the big-box developer's rep, Nora throws herself into solving the one problem that everyone in town can agree on: finding Peggy's missing dog, Freckles When a disaster strikes the diner, the com- munity of Guthrie bands together to help her, and Nora discovers that doing the right thing doesn't... 317 pages ISBN 9781101981238 ____________________________________ Book - Louise Miller - Novel - Reading