Years ago, Mary Margaret Sullivan changed her name, boxed up her previous life, moved into the Eagle Gate Apartments, and hid her painful
memories in her chicken-wire storage unit in the basement. But secrets have an inconvenient way of surfacing when least expected.Three weeks before Christmas, an elegant man in a penthouse, a young woman named Carly—homeless and ill with pneumonia—and two calculating thieves invade Maggie's carefully reconstructed life, and in different ways, each is connected to Maggie's difficult past. As Maggie and friends nurse Carly back to health, hearts begin to heal with a hope for the future. But all is not as it seems. When faced with the shocking truth, Maggie must rely on her wits, her friends, and her own strength as never before.
Review: Maggie's Place takes places during the holidays. It's not the traditional holiday read, but I liked the message that it had for the holidays. The story reminded me of a modern day Oliver Twist and had several themes that it explored: homelessness, forgiveness, love, fraud, death and friendship. It's interesting to see the lives of three strangers intersect and to see how they are connected. The secrets of their lives are connected make the story interesting and compelling to read. The only downside of the story is that Annette Haws gives a very vague description of some of the places in Salt Lake City and if a reader isn't familiar with the area it might be hard for them to picture the setting. She also gives a light description of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the book and it seemed like if she was going to put it in she should have added more depth or left it out altogether. This is an interesting read and would be great for a discussion in a book club. To learn more, click here. To learn more about the author, click here.
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