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 | Table for Five by Susan Wiggs | Reviewed by Harriet Klausner | |
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| Publisher: Mira
http://www.harlequin.ca ISBN: 0778321673 Genre: Fiction Subgenre: Melodrama Release date: April 2005 Format: Hardcover Pages: 384 Price: $19.95 | |||
| In Comfort, Oregon, Laurelhurst private school third grade teacher Lily Robinson enjoys her job, likes her students, and is happy about not having any permanent emotional attachments. She holds a conference with the divorced parents of student Charlie Holloway to discuss why the little girl cannot read and how to remedy this. This teacher-parent conference is tougher than usua;l because the mother is her best friend, Crystal, and the kids call her “Aunt”. The meeting fails; as neither Crystal nor her ex husband, PGA star Derek, can get past their personal needs.
After the meeting, Derek gives Crystal a ride in bad weather when her car fails to start. They argue over his sibling being banned for cheating on the Asian tour and his upcoming nuptials to Jane Coombs. As his anger rises, Derek loses control and crashes. Both parents die leaving Charlie; her teenage sister, Cameron; and her younger sibling, Ashley, orphaned. Derek’s brother Sean becomes the guardian of his nieces, but he feels inadequate, and besides he has a chance to regain the promising golf career he blew. Lily helps but also tries to keep the quartet out of her heart. She fails and Sean finds he needs Lily and his three wards; the youngsters need the love and stability provided by both adults. Table For Five is an intriguing family drama starring two adults who avoid emotional responsibility and three hurting children who were devastated before the deadly car accident. While Sean and Lily carry baggage that make them both feel inept at caring for the kids, the children have woes as manifested by Charlie’s reading problems even before her parents die. Susan Wiggs provides a well-written four-tissue-box tear jerker that showcases people in trouble. | |||
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