This is the story of a family that was broken apart by betrayal and only their father's failing health brings them back together again. After all, when you're on your wedding day and go looking for your sister to join the wedding party and find her in your fiance's arms being kissed, would you hang around? It's easier to leave town and her past behind and start a new life far away.

Berkley Publishing and Net Galley allowed me to read this book for review (thank you). It is being published June 4th.

When she comes back to help her father and find out how they can, there's no way to avoid her sister or Walter, her husband. He should have been hers and now she doesn't want to be around him. Her younger brother and her father both try to get to reconcile with her sister. She doesn't want to but the longer she talks to her, the more she thinks she should. There's some harsh words between them but both are trying to be honest.

They make a memory book for their father and learn a lot about him from talking to the folks in the pictures with him. Everybody has a different memory and saw different things in him. They feel even closer to him.

The family finds out a secret her father has been holding his entire life. He doesn't want to tarnish his wife's name. But they convince him to share and Lena learns something she never knew.

This story is mixed with happy and sad. A lot happens while Lena is home and it looks like she's coming back.

This author writes realistic stories with lots of emotion in them. This one was another good read.

Following the success of Becoming Mrs. Lewis, Patti Henry returns to her roots. The Favorite Daughter is the story of memory, of family ties, of forgiveness.

When her father is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, Lena returns to the home she fled ten years ago, after discovering her fiancé with her younger sister.

As Lena , her brother, and her estranged sister work together to create a book
of pictures and memories for their father, long-buried secrets force them to re-examine their very sense of family.

Highly recommended.

This book had a classic tale of betrayal, yet there were some interesting twists that made you laugh or extra sad at times. I would recommend it...but also suggest to take your time.

I loved this book. Family secrets, betrayal, forgiveness. This story illustrates the fact, do we ever really know our parents? Perception is also our own version of reality. The heart ache of losing a parent to Alzheimer's was heartbreaking and very realistic.

What do you do when the person you trust most in the world betrays you on your wedding day with your fiancee? Colleen runs and creates a life far away from her home and family. 10 years later she comes home and has to deal with the betrayal and discovers a secret that will change everything she has ever believed. Will she stay or will shae run again?

A story about family, heartbreak,betrayal and the awful reality of Alzheimer’s. It was an engrossing story, one I read in a day.
I thought it was really good! Thanks fir the early copy!!

Every family is unique and each family member has his/her own memory of events. This book was such a pleasure to read. I became invested in the characters and could feel their fears and hopes and dreams. A family is a unit with so many parts. No one can truly know everything about each other. Secrets can hurt and can heal. Colleen was a multi-dimensional character who grows closer and closer to finding her true self.

A wedding day discovery causes a rift between sisters that goes on for years. Until they are forced to come together to help their father. Lots of intriguing discoveries as they begin taking small steps to understand each others lives. This story spans continents as it unwinds. A must read.

The Favorite Daughter drew me in from the first chapter. The relationship between then and now makes for a compelling read about two sisters who were best friends. They haven't spoken to each other for ten years and the story begins as Colleen is drawn home to help figure out what is next for the patriarch of the family, his children and the family pub. Her dad does not remember recent events, names and faces. What will the siblings do for their beloved father? What made Colleen move away and how will the brother and sisters work together to face family secrets?

Lena Donohue left home ten years ago on her wedding day after seeing her sister with her fiancé. When she hears about her dad’s health, early onset Alzheimer’s, she must return home to help. Family, secrets and relationships make this new novel worth reading.

Two sisters are living with betrayal and mistrust from the opening of the book. This not only affects the sisters, but the whole family even extending to the tight knit community. As a new tragedy surfaces, memories and mystery of a lifetime of love send this narrator contemplating the very meaning of "home". Is it the people, the low-country river, the family Irish Pub, or something else entirely. Beautifully written with a lump in my throat ending. Well done in every way.

This book felt with betrayel, forgiveness, acceptance and teaches things aren’t always what they seem to be. Wonderful story that kept me wanting to find out more.

Patti Callahan Henry is one of my favorite "beach read" authors. I love that she writes about the lowcountry and places that I know. Her characters are well developed and her stories are pure southern.

Living in South Carolina, I appreciate Patti Callahan Henry's books and their exploration of family set in the Low Country environment. In this book Henry tackles the subject of dementia, family betrayal, and forgiveness. Lena Donahue has left the family because of a personal and intimate betrayal and has become a successful travel writer. She is called back home when her father is diagnosed with dementia. Reconnecting with her family stirs up all the feelings of betrayal and her longing to find her home again. As the story unfolds, the author reveals family secrets that, once revealed, can be either devastating or dealt with and healed.
Henry has a deep love for the Low Country and this environment is ideal for stories of family. In this book she also explores Irish roots and culture. She is a master of untangling complex family relationships and providing the "happy" ending that is reflective of living the beach life.

Lover this author. After having lived in the south for 30 years, I have my favorite Southern writers and she is one. I recommended this book to a patron today!!!

A story of family, love and forgiveness. Coleen has stayed away from home for 10 years, after discovering her sister in her fiancées arms on their wedding day. But now, summoned home by her brother, she has to face Halley, because their father is diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. She adores her father and brother but she she once again trust and love her sister?

Thank you, Netgalley, for the opportunity to read this wonderful story. I initially wanted to read it because of the author and the South Carolina setting, but this story could have taken place anywhere and been just as good.

The book begins with betrayal and estrangement. Add in an Irish father with developing Alzheimer's and the family dynamics begin to change. This is a timely story, and one that will hit home with many readers. After I finished it, I needed to savor it for awhile before starting a new book. I highly recommend this book (it will be published in June). (less)

This is a nicely written story of two estranged sisters who are brought back together when their father becomes ill with Alzheimers.

I was really happy to get this book to read. I really enjoy Mrs Henry's books.
I really enjoyed this one. Being able to read the story about this family, learning it's secrets, how they got a long or didn't, and what the story means to them.
Her books always pull me in, and keep me reading up past my bedtime.
Thanks to #netgalley and #berkleypublishinggroup for letting me read this week.

I received an invite to read, I have read all of her books but 2 (which I am currently trying to find), so I was excited to read this book.

What should be a best day of her life, turns to worst in a flash.

10 years later, she made a new space, her space, then she receives a phone call -
her dad needs her. Memories have kept her from home, now dad is losing his.
One wants to forget and can't; one wants to remember and can't.

Use the good memories!
Memories hold an immense amount of power- they can bring us happiness or pain, they can make us shiver
or prevent us from doing things and wake us in the middle of the night.
Alzheimer's can't take love away.

Forgiveness - Forgetting - Grace - Kindness
I loved this book, I did not want to put book down.