An Everyday Hero by Laura Trentham Series: #2
Published by St. Martin's Griffin Publication Date: February 4, 2020
Pages: 336
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From award-winning author Laura Trentham comes an emotionally layered novel about redemption, second chances and discovering that life is worth fighting for.
At thirty, Greer Hadley never expected to be forced home to Madison, Tennessee with her life and dreams of being a songwriter up in flames. To make matters worse, a series of bad decisions and even crappier luck lands her community service hours at a nonprofit organization that aids veterans and their families. Greer cannot fathom how she’s supposed to use music to help anyone deal with their trauma and loss when the one thing that brought her joy has failed her.
When Greer meets fifteen-year-old Ally Martinez, her plans to stay detached and do as little as possible get thrown away. New to town and dealing with the death of her father in action, she hides her emotions behind a mask of bitterness and sarcasm, but Greer is able to see past it and recognizes pieces of who she once was in Ally. The raw and obvious talent she possesses could take her to the top and Greer vows to make sure life’s negativities don’t derail Ally’s potential.
After Greer is assigned a veteran to help, she’s not surprised Emmett Lawson, the town’s golden boy, followed his family’s legacy. What leaves her shocked is the shell of a man who believes he doesn’t deserve anyone’s help. A breakthrough with Ally reminds Greer that no one is worth giving up on. So she shows up one day with his old guitar, and meets Emmett’s rage head on with her stubbornness. When a situation with Ally becomes dire, the two of them must become a team to save her—and along the way they might just save themselves too.
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AN EVERYDAY HERO is sentimental, small town romance that is both heartbreaking and heartwarming. This story is about expectations, disappointment and heartache. It is about moving forward when life doesn’t turn out the way you thought it would. This is a moving story with solid characters.
Emmett is a dark hero whose world is shattered when he is injured in the military. At one time, he was the town’s golden boy, until everything changed. Emmett and Greer knew each other in high school but were never friends. Emmett was a cool, popular jock and Greer was a music nerd. Now, ten years later, they meet again. They are both at low points in their lives. Neither one of them has achieved what they thought they would and they are trying to recover from life’s disappointments. They both have made mistakes and don’t know how to move forward. They help each other heal their battered hearts.
When Emmett meets Greer again he has no expectations about his future. He is lost in his anger and guilt. Greer’s life is a mess. She has sunk so low, she doesn’t know how to pick herself up or what to do next. She is forced, through a court order, to volunteer in a music program with military veterans and their families and it changes her perspective and her life. Greer is forced to stop feeling sorry for herself and start thinking about others. I enjoyed this beautiful story about Emmett and Greer.
