Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton

Title: Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton

Author: Susannah B. Lewis

Narrator: Lora Brown

Genre: Christian Fiction, Contemporary, Women's Fiction

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Source: Scribd

My review:

This is the first fiction book I have read by Susannah B. Lewis, having read a nonfiction title by her previously. Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton is a book I had seen going around, but I went into it totally blind.

Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton has a sad start as her mother passes, right on the cusp of her divorce. You start wondering how much more can one person take. But, when her ex shows up at the funeral with his girlfriend the sparks start to fly. Oh, my word, the way Rae handles it had me in shock and awe! I loved her grit and determination, spunk and sass.

An unexpected delight. I listened to it all at one time, on a car trip. I loved it. This is a book I want to read again, so I can make notes of things said. Plus, I think we all need a group like the Third-Thursday ladies. Never a dull moment with them around.

Bless Your Heart, Rae Sutton felt realistic and authentic, with a wonderful cast of characters; and themes of redemption, healing, and forgiveness. 

★★★★★/5

Synopsis (Goodreads): 

Sometimes what your life is missing is an eccentric group of older ladies to take you under their wing . . .

When Raeley Ann Sutton’s mama passes away and leaves her the house where she grew up, Rae can’t imagine how the little old place might restore her broken life. Mourning the recent loss of her marriage, she takes the house and settles back in tiny, “one-horse Whitten” with her fourteen-year-old daughter, Molly Margaret, and their overweight dog.

There she’s embraced by her mother’s close-knit circle of friends, the Third Thursday ladies: Mrs. Fannie, Mrs. Dora, and Aunt Maxine. Though almost half their age and far less confident of positive outcomes, Rae joins their ministry-slash-book-club-slash-gossip circle and allows the women to speak wry honesty and witty humor into her tired heart. As a new career and a new romance bring their own complications, Rae relies on the unlikely family she’s found and begins to wonder if her future holds more hope than she ever could have imagined.

Known for her heartwarming stories and genuine Southern voice, Susannah B. Lewis dazzles with her latest story of women strengthening women.