The Second Coming of Lucy Hatch - by Marsha Moyer (Paperback)

About the Book

Lucy Hatch never expected more of life than to spend it on an East Texas farm with her silent and stoic husband, Mitchell. Now that the curtain has abruptly come down, she's back where it all started in tiny Mooney. But life, and the folks of Mooney, have other plans for Lucy.

From the Back Cover

I was thirty-three years old when my husband walked out into a field one morning and never came back, and I went in one quick leap from wife to widow.

Lucy Hatch never expected more of life than to spend it on an East Texas farm with her silent and stoic husband, Mitchell. Now that the curtain has abruptly come down, she's back where it all started -- in tiny Mooney -- living in a rundown old house perched on the edge of nowhere, meaning to carry out her widowhood in the manner of her old maid Aunt Dove, in peaceful solitude.

But life, and the folks of Mooney, have other plans for Lucy. In hardly any time at all, she's mortified her entire family. And without even trying, she's caught the eye of the local handyman, Ash Farrell -- lifting eyebrows and setting tongues wagging. Everyone in town, it seems, thinks theguitar-playing, lady-loving Ash is the wrong choice of company for a brand new widow. All Lucy Hatch knows for sure is that she hasn't had much worth remembering in her first thirty-three years. This is her life, after all, and for the very first time, she intends to live it.

Marsha Moyer's exhilarating debut is a funny, poignant, and winsome tale about self-discovery and starting over at the beginning -- and of love popping up in the most unlikely place and time to transform a heart and nourish a soul. You're never going to forget Lucy Hatch.

Review Quotes

"Moyer seduces the reader with pitch-perfect prose fed by an observant eye and a wise heart. [It] is sweet and insightful writing about the power of love to transcend grief." - Publishers Weekly

"Moyer's writing comes across as strong and intelligent and her sense of narrative pace is wonderfully satisfying." - Washington Post

"This is a boy-meets-girl story of usual depth full of memorable characters and alternately funny, lusty, and moving. A notable first book." - Booklist

"Moyer tells a good story, even if it's a bit of a fairy tale. The strong cast of supporting characters includes Lucy's strictly religious mother, her independent Aunt Dove, an overly protective brother Bailey, his lively wife Geneva and other assorted small-town folks." - BookPage