A YEAR ON LADYBUG FARM

A YEAR ON LADYBUG FARM by Donna Ball

From the back of the book:

Their husbands were gone, their families were grown, and the future stretched out before them like an unfulfilled promise...

Tired of always dreaming and never doing, Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget make a life-altering decision.  Uprooting themselves from their comfortable lives in the suburbs, the three friends buy a run-down mansion, nestled in the picturesque Shenandoah Valley.  They christen their new home Ladybug Farm, hoping that the name will bring them luck.

As the friends take on a home improvement challenge of epic proportions, they encounter disaster after disaster, from renegade sheep and garden thieves to a seemingly ghostly inhabitant.  Over the course of a year, overwhelming obstacles make the three women question their decision.  But sometimes the best things can happen when everything goes wrong...

I first heard of this book while reading a review by Kathy at Bermudaonion's Weblog.  The book sounded like fun, so I immediately ordered a copy.  While at Amazon.com, I found the two other books in the trilogy - and of course, had to order them also (needed to get that free shipping!).

I loved this book!  Like Kathy, I felt like Cici, Lindsay, and Bridget were friends by the time the book ended.  And it was nice to read about women closer to my own age.  They had so many problems during the first year at Ladybug Farm, but they managed to work through the problems, make new friends, and really settle in.

I'm looking forward to the next books (AT HOME ON LADYBUG FARM and LOVE LETTERS FROM LADYBUG FARM) and spending more time with this fun trio of women.