The Taste of Air
by Gail Cleare
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Added on January 11, 2026
Description
USA Today Bestseller "In The Taste of Air, Cleare deftly explores the consequence of our choices, even those made with the best of intentions. A family saga bridging decades and filled with shocking revelations, hope and love, you won't be able put this book down." Kate Moretti, author of NYT Bestseller Thought I Knew You"In this terrific novel, when two women learn their mother wasn't who they thought she was it leads them to question their own lives and choices. Deftly written, with lush descriptions of the New England setting, this is a book to choose as a companion for curling up on a sofa on a dark winter day or for laying on the beach in the summer. The Taste of Air is character-driven fiction at its best." Ann Warner, author of The Babbling Brook Naked Poker Club seriesA simple phone call disrupts Nell Williams’s well-ordered life. Her mother, Mary, is in a hospital in Vermont. But her mother is supposed to be safely tucked away in an assisted-living facility in Massachusetts, so Nell can’t fathom why she would be so far from home.After notifying her sister, Bridget, Nell hops on a plane and rushes to her mother’s side. There, she discovers that her mother has been living a second life. Mary has another home and a set of complex relationships with people her daughters have never met.When Nell and Bridget delve deeper into their mother’s lakeside hideaway, they uncover a vault of family secrets and the gateway to change for all three women.
Reader Reviews
Heartwarming, delightful & touching!THE TASTE OF AIR by GAIL CLEARE was such a comforting, uplifting, and enjoyable read that had so much warmth flowing through the pages of this book. I immediately felt a connection to the authors writing style and thought this story was so tastefully told. It wrapped me up tightly in a warm comfy hug transporting me right back to all the tastes of home.GAIL CLEARE delivers a beautiful, well-written and engaging read here that takes you on a journey full of fam
Nell receives a phone call one day informing her that her Mother was in a hospital in Vermont. What is even more shocking is that her mother is supposed to be in an assisted living home/facility in Massachusetts. Just how the heck did she get to Vermont and why was she there? After Nell informs her sister, Bridget, of their Mother's hospitalization, she travels to Vermont and learns that her Mother had secrets - a secret cottage, and secret relationships with many in the small town and specifica
The Taste of Air has it all to make this an interesting and engaging family saga with a mystery to it to add some suspense to the story. It is a thought-provoking emotional yet entertaining and pleasing realistic story that explores the secrets, some that are buried that a mother keeps from her children. Her life before and separate from her grown children.Gail Cleare does a great job creating interesting realistic characters and I really enjoyed the dynamics between them. As we get to know our
