Can't Hurry Love

Carly and Lissa's old-school grandmother suddenly becomes their mother when their divorced mother, Denice, leaves in a huff. Although Nanna is compassionate and supportive, she is too old-school for thirteen-year-old Carly and her twelve-year-old sister, Lissa. The girls' need for independence doesn't sit well with Nanna's motives and methods. Conflict, concealment, and clashes result. Nanna, a woman of integrity, struggles to bend a little and to overlook a lot, while Carly and Lissa struggle to find their place in school and at home. Meanwhile, Denice has her own challenges--reversals that allow her to see what is important, and that lead her to try to mend her broken family. Carly becomes impatient to change the situation and to get her mother back. Acting boldly, her actions put her in unexpected danger, leading to the story's suspenseful and dramatic climax.