On her 43rd birthday, widower True Dickinson admits that her son, her thriving business, and her loving friends can't give her the one thing that's missing in her life: romance. But everything changes when her car slides into a ditch, and she stares opportunity in the face.
It is the evening of True Dickinson's forty-third birthday, which just so happens to be Valentine's Day as well. On a snowy night in Cape Cod, her friends have gathered at a new restaurant to celebrate. As they all get a little bit drunk, True is dwelling on both her regrets and her blessings... On the one hand, the small business she started after the death of her husband eight years ago is thriving, as is her adored ten-year old son. On the other, she feels youth and beauty slipping away - as her mother never fails to remind her - and the possibility of romance has never seemed more remote. The warm glow of her friends' love redeems the evening, however... as does a flirtation with the much younger chef/owner of the restaurant.
At the end of the evening, in what has become a blizzard, True and her friend Isabel set out for the drive home. But everything will change in the moment they slide off the road and into a snow-filled ditch. What happens next will begin a year of transformation that will leave True a deeply changed person by the time her next birthday comes around...
Twelve Times Blessed is the story of a year in True Dickinson's life, and and an unforgettable tale of the pleasures and perils of love in the modern age.
- ISBN10 0060532106
- ISBN13 9780060532109
- Publish Date 15 April 2003 (first published 1 March 2003)
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 11 April 2013
- Publish Country US
- Imprint HarperCollins Publishers
- Format eBook
- Pages 544
- Language English