Gina is taking care of her grandmother but something is not right with her also, she is in need of help, and what better help than her sister Zara who has all the experience taking care of people. My very first book by Mary Ellen Taylor, and I'm delighted especially the way she wrote The Words We Whisper, is a novel that spans between past and presents the story of a grandmother and two granddaughters that are taking care of her. And they change everything she thinks she knows about love, regret, and seizing the day. As she immerses herself in stories of heroism and loss set against the backdrop of war-torn Italy in 1943, Zara finds answers to questions she didn’t know she had. Unexpectedly, amid the tedium of sifting through knickknacks and heirlooms, Zara also reconnects with a man she’s attracted to but whose complicated past makes romance seem impossible.īut then Zara finds what Nonna was looking for: a wooden chest, an emerald broach, a leather-bound journal. She’s fixated on finding something long forgotten, and she immediately puts Zara to work cleaning out the attic. Though pale and tired, Nonna has lost none of her sharp mind. So when her older sister asks her to help care for their ailing grandmother, Zara agrees - despite strained family relationships. From the bestselling author of Honeysuckle Season comes a sweeping saga that interweaves the past and present in an epic tapestry of love, war, and loss.Īs a hospice nurse, Zara Mitchell has already seen more death than most people will experience in a lifetime.

Honeysuckle season mary ellen taylor