The Hideaway
The Hideaway by Lauren K. Denton, published by Thomas Nelson in 2017, is a 345-page novel written in English. The story follows Sara Jenkins as she returns to her small hometown of Sweet Bay, Alabama, after her grandmother’s passing. Tasked with renovating The Hideaway, her grandmother’s B&B, Sara confronts family secrets and the complexities of her past while navigating her new responsibilities and the relationships that come with them.
As Sara delves into the renovation, she uncovers a box of clues that reveal her grandmother’s unexpected life, filled with bravery and choices that shaped her destiny. With the help of her grandmother’s friends, Sara begins to piece together this hidden history. The narrative explores themes of family, love, and the challenges of making difficult choices, especially when an opportunistic land developer threatens The Hideaway. This edition invites readers to experience a journey of self-discovery and connection in a Southern setting.
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When her grandmother’s will wrenches Sara back to her small hometown of Sweet Bay, Alabama, she must face family secrets and difficult choices. In the South, family is always more complicated than it seems.
After her last remaining family member dies, Sara Jenkins goes home to The Hideaway, her grandmother Mags’s ramshackle B&B in Sweet Bay. She intends to quickly tie up loose ends then return to her busy life and thriving antique shop in New Orleans. Instead, she learns Mags has willed The Hideaway to her and charged her with renovating it–no small task considering her grandmother’s best friends, a motley crew of senior citizens, still live there.
Rather than hurrying back to New Orleans, Sara stays in Sweet Bay and begins the biggest house-rehabbing project of her career. Amid drywall dust, old memories, and a charming contractor, she discovers that slipping back into life at The Hideaway is easier than she expected.
Then she discovers a box Mags left in the attic with clues to a life Sara never imagined for her grandmother. With help from Mags’s friends, Sara begins to piece together the mysterious life of bravery, passion, and choices that changed her grandmother’s destiny in both marvelous and devastating ways.
When an opportunistic land developer threatens to seize The Hideaway, Sara is forced to make a choice–stay in Sweet Bay and fight for the house and the people she’s grown to love or leave again and return to her successful but solitary life in New Orleans
Praise for The Hideaway:
“A story both powerful and enchanting: a don’t-miss novel in the greatest southern traditions of storytelling.”–Patti Callahan Henry, New York Times bestselling author
“Two endearing heroines and their poignant storylines of love lost and found make this the perfect book for an afternoon on the back porch with a glass of sweet tea.”–Karen White, New York Times bestselling author
- USA TODAY and Amazon Charts bestseller
- Full-length Southern Women’s Fiction
- Includes Discussion Questions for Book Clubs
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