Look on the Bright Side, Kristan Higgins
Look on the Bright Side, Kristan Higgins
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Look on the Bright Side

Author: Kristan Higgins

Narrator: Susan Bennett, Christina Moore, Xe Sands

Unabridged: 12 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 05/28/2024


Synopsis

From the author of Pack Up the Moon comes a funny, romantic, and deeply moving novel about the unexpected rewards that come from life’s detours.

Lark Smith has always had a plan for her life: find a fantastic guy, create a marriage as blissful as her parents’, pop out a couple of kids, and build a rewarding career as an oncologist.

Things aren’t going so well.

For one, the guy didn’t work out. Theoretically, she’d love to find someone else, but it hasn’t happened. Two, she’s just been transferred out of Oncology for being too emotional. (Is it her fault she’s a weeper?) Three, her parents just split up.

Deviating from the plan was … well, not in the plan. A potential solution comes from the foul-tempered and renowned surgeon Lorenzo Santini (aka Dr. Satan).

He needs a date this summer for his sister’s wedding. His ancient Noni wants to see him settled. In exchange, he could make a few introductions and maybe get Lark back into the field of her choice.

As a sucker for old people and fake relationships, Lark agrees. Teeny problem—she instantly falls for his big, warm family. Especially his estranged brother.

Meanwhile, Lark’s mom has moved in with Lark’s colorful landlady, Joy, and an unlikely friendship blossoms. The three women have a long summer and a big, beautiful house on the ocean to figure out what’s next … and quite possibly learn that the best things in life aren’t planned at all.

About Kristan Higgins

Kristan Higgins is the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of several romance novels, including All I Ever Wanted, Until There Was You, and Fools Rush In. She won a RITA award in 2008 for Catch of the Day and another in 2010 for Too Good to be True. Kristan lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on March 04, 2024

A Feel Good Read! Look on the Bright Side is a novel about friendship, loss, and change. This is the story of three women at a crossroads experiencing dramatic and traumatic changes in their lives. Two of the three characters are related to Harlow Smith, the MC in A Little Ray of Sunshine but you d......more

Goodreads review by Sheyla ✎ on May 19, 2024

Look on the Bright Side had me tearing up by the end! Lark Smith is rotating through oncology when she's told she will be sent to rotate through the ER instead because she gets too emotional with her patients. Yet, the only thing she wants is to become an oncologist, so when Dr. Lorenzo "Satan" Santi......more

Goodreads review by Karen on September 27, 2024

This book was a donation to my Little Free Library Shed. So, having the beach as a backdrop and a dog happily walking beside a young woman on a bike, it looked like a light read that I was needing in this moment. Even its subtitle, “second chances come once in a lifetime” seemed enticing. But would......more

Goodreads review by Jonetta on May 31, 2024

the setup… Larkby (Lark) Smith is a 33-year old resident in Oncology at Hyannis Hospital, her long-time dream. But she’s just blown it, her tendency to get too emotionally connected to her patients erupting for the umpteenth time and now she’s being moved to Emergency. Then she gets a summons from Dr......more

Goodreads review by Madison on June 04, 2024

Look at the Bright Side by Kristan Higgins Contemporary women’s fiction, with a minor romance thread. Chick lit. Cancer loss and recovery theme. Multiple POV’s and timelines via memories. Lark Smith has always had plans to be a doctor in oncology. But her consistent sobbing along with the families is......more