The Last Days of Autumn

by Donna K. Ford

Overview

Autumn Landers, a beautiful, successful business owner, thought she had life figured out until one little word, cancer, changed everything. When Caroline Cross answers Autumn’s ad for a live-in caregiver, Autumn is instantly drawn to her. But Caroline has suffered her own losses and isn’t about to risk her heart. Autumn knows the odds are against her. But for the first time in her life she is going to do things her way. The first thing on her bucket list? Falling in love.

Autumn and Caroline question the fairness of life, the cruelty of loss, and what it means to love as they navigate the complicated minefield of relationships, grief, and life-altering illness.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781635556728
Publisher:	Bold Strokes Books
Publication date:	06/16/2020
Pages:	242
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Donna K. Ford is a Licensed Professional Counselor who spends her professional time assisting people in their recovery from substance addictions. She holds an associate’s degree in criminal justice, a BS in psychology, and an MS in community agency counseling. When not trying to save the world, she spends her time in the mountains of East Tennessee enjoying the lakes, rivers, and hiking trails near her home. Reading, writing, and enjoying conversation with good friends are the gifts that keep her grounded. Her book Love’s Redemption was a 2016 Foreword INDIES finalist. She can be contacted at [e-mail] and on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/DonnaKFordAuthor.

Editorial Reviews

05/11/2020

This optimistic lesbian love story showcases the power of vulnerability and accepting the care of others. When Autumn Landers, a 45-year-old Tennessee landscaper, learns she has colon cancer and needs urgent surgery and chemotherapy, she takes a close friend’s suggestion to hire a live-in caregiver in order to avoid depending on her narcissistic, overbearing mother for support. Caroline Cross, still reeling from the infidelity of her soon to be ex-wife, sees taking the job as a good way to restart, though she knows it will bring up feelings about her own mother’s fatal fight with cancer. Autumn and Caroline build an intimate friendship easily, but adding romance to the mix requires bravery from them both. Though Autumn’s illness is central to the story, Ford (Tennessee Whiskey) doesn’t allow it to overpower, instead off-loading the conflict in the plot to the somewhat flat foils of Autumn’s mother and Jane’s ex. The love story is mellow and mature, with the slightly older heroines bringing refreshingly level heads to their relationship. Readers will be satisfied. (June)

Publishers Weekly