Out of the Clear Blue Sky by Kristan Higgins introduced the Questers to Lillie Silva, who suddenly finds herself alone when her son leaves for college and her husband leaves for another woman. Up until the moment Brad announces he has found someone else who helps him find his "joy", she thought they had an ideal family and marriage, and was even planning a European vacation for the two of them. The news prompts her to get closer to the sister she grew distant from in adulthood and forces her to navigate her rocky relationship with her own mother, since her in-laws abandoned her also.
The book offers glimpses of humor as Lillie allows herself some vindictiveness toward her husband's mistress, but when she meets his soon to be step-daughter, her heart begins to soften. She finds herself thrust into the role of midwife for the young and beautiful Melissa, the object of Lillie's disdain.
The Questers liked the book, giving it 3.3 stars out of 5. The humor helped to balance the sadness of the destruction of this marriage. The mother-daughter relationships in the story provided the growth in characters needed for it to not spiral into a chaotic, depressing tale.
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