However too much of the book is about her secure and boring life managing portfolios of millionaires and surrounded by uninspiring men. It is her dad who prompted her to go for life and when he dies she does at last go for it. And this happens when sadly her wonderful super clever hero of dad has a stroke and becomes demented – again a sadness that a lot of us can associate with. ![]() ![]() In this book Missy at last managed to overcome her fear of life and love and achieves something wonderful. She reminds me of loads of ambitious young women, beautiful, intelligent and successful yet always pushing themselves to perfection, working to exhaustion, socially isolated, shying away from intimate relationships and dedicated to the care of their loved ones – and yet they crave for love and life but are too scared to just leave it all and go to taste what it is like beyond their comfort zone. It is easy to fit in the skin of Missy, the protagonist. Please visit Jennifer at This story is a real do-good-and-feel-good story. This book will stay with you long after you've turned the last page.” -Adele Levine, bestselling author of Run, Don't Walk: The Curious and Courageous Life Inside Walter Reed Army Medical Center An enjoyable, interesting read with deftly drawn characters that leap to life. “An epic journey through love, war, family, and fate. “Not to sound all Oprah, but The Light of Hidden Flowers is one of those wonderful books that really makes you think about how you’re living your own life.” -1776 Books In The Light of Hidden Flowers, “Missy finds the courage to live life for herself and rekindle lost love.” -Northern Virginia Magazine “A deftly crafted and deeply engaging story from beginning to end, The Light of Hidden Flowers is another superbly written novel by Jennifer Handford and very highly recommended for community library General Fiction collections.” -Midwest Book Review “Handford’s third novel (after Acts of Contrition and Daughters for a Time) centers on identity and how the people in our lives shape our choices… Fans of Carrie Brown and Helen Simonson will enjoy this quietly moving tale.” -Library Journal ![]() She is currently busy at work on her fourth book. New York Times bestselling author Heather Gudenkauf said “A powerfully intimate tale that illuminates how our past relationships mold and transform us into who we become." THE LIGHT OF HIDDEN FLOWERS was released in November of 2015 and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Grab your hankies." In 2014, ACTS OF CONTRITION was published. People magazine hailed it as "a wrenching, resonant debut about infertility, cancer and adoption. A first-place finalist in the Amazon Breakthrough Novel Award contest in 2010, her first novel DAUGHTERS FOR A TIME was published in 2012. A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Jennifer Handford now lives in the Washington, DC, area with her husband and three children.
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