Carol Lansen epub Whispering Pines

When six-year-old Bryn Wilson leaves the house to escape yet another argument between her mother and brother she considers going to her best friend’s house, but gets sidetracked. That fork in the road alters her life. She encounters Chris Bello. Chris might just be the antidote to a life that seems bereft to Bryn. In her reflection she sees nothing but an unattractive girl with a big nose and small chest whose disengaged and unpredictable family can’t help her one bit. She aches for something good around the corner, maybe Chris being so extraordinary can make her feel extraordinary too. Bryn glides through the months after meeting him as if on a magic carpet, but Chris exits her life as quickly as he came into it. Losing him seems impossible to hurdle, but then genuine tragedy strikes. Bryn and her tight circle of friends--Jon Wright (aka Midnight), a soft-hearted, sentimental young man wise beyond his years, Claire, a beauty in the traditional sense who lacks confidence and feels invisible in a household with nine siblings and Claire’s charming brother Wally are faced with sweeping revelations that will test their friendship and define their lives as they navigate the turbulent road from adolescence into adulthood.