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The Restoration of Celia Fairchild
The Restoration of Celia Fairchild: A Novel | Marie Bostwick
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Evvie Drake Starts Over meets The Friday Night Knitting Club in this wise and witty novel about a fired advice columnist who discovers lost and found family members in Charleston, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Second Sister. Celia Fairchild, known as advice columnist Dear Calpurnia, has insight into everybodys problems except her own. Still bruised by the end of a marriage she thought was her last chance to create a family, Celia receives an unexpected answer to a Dear Birthmother letter. Celia throws herself into proving shes a perfect adoptive mother material with a stable home and income only to lose her job. Her one option: sell the Charleston house left to her by her recently departed, estranged Aunt Calpurnia. Arriving in Charleston, Celia learns that Calpurnia had become a hoarder, the house is a wreck, and selling it will require a drastic, rapid makeover. The task of renovation seems overwhelming and risky. But with the help of new neighbors, old friends, and an unlikely sisterhood of strong, creative women who need her as much as she needs them, Celia knits together the truth about her estranged family and about herself. The Restoration of Celia Fairchild is an unforgettable novel of secrets revealed, laughter released, creativity rediscovered, and waves of wisdom by a writer Robyn Carr calls "my go-to author for feel-good novels.
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MaggieCarr
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Sometimes family is chosen and healing comes from the unexpected. Womens fiction at its best.

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Mshookquilts
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A very satisfying read. While the ending wasn‘t what I wanted, it was still excellent. Celia Fairchild‘s life is falling apart all around her. The one hope (and it‘s barely a string of thread) is a possibility of adopting a yet unborn child. When she inherits her hoarding aunt‘s dilapidated house, her adventure really begins.

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kspenmoll
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Celia is in the process of being evaluated by an adoption agency.When her job in New York City implodes,in desperation she goes to Charleston,S.C.,where she has inherited a house from her aunt.Much to her horror,not only is the house falling apart,but every nook & cranny is stuffed.Unbeknownst to her,her aunt was a secret hoarder.A posse of women get involved in the restoration.At times funny,this is a story of family,secrets & sisterhood.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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Excellent feel-good book. Great characters, great story. Great story about the importance of female friendship. Perfect for our book club.

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Penny_LiteraryHoarders
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Our second book club pick us up next….

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Lauram
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I‘m looking to make some progress on the tagged audiobook and wanted to have one last peek at the fall leaves before the forecasted snow and rain moves in later today. #audiowalk

Simona Looks beautiful❣️ I couldn‘t go on my weekend hike, because it is raining since Friday … 2y
charl08 Wow, stunning! 2y
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AmyG
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I won this on Goodreads. Celia writes an advice column, Dear Calpurnia, but when the publication she writes for is sold, along with the rights to her column, Celia finds she needs to reinvent herself. There‘s alot more going on...wih things falling into place and not...but eventually Celia finds out who she really is.
Utterly delightful and full of sweetness!

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BlueStockingReviews
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Published 3/2/21 #TheRestorationofCeliaFairchild by #MarieBostwick is a perfect blend of setting, characters and story...check out my review. #Delightful #netgalley #bluestockingreviews #findgreatreads
#readitloveit #customhouse #williammorrow