Wynn in Doubt by Emily Hemmer is a beautifully written story with many layers and emotions that will make you laugh, smile, and maybe even cry.

Wynn in Doubt

Review of Wynn in Doubt

Wynn was born a dreamer with the spirit of a gypsy, but now she is completely stuck and life is passing her by. She pushes aside her dreams to be the caretaker of her family, working in a bar and applying for a teaching job she doesn’t want.

“ I haven’t moved forward.  I’ve been lazy with my dreams and that’s worse than fear because at least if I was afraid it’d mean I was trying to change.  But I’m not, and I haven’t been for a long time. “ –Wynn

Honestly, I totally and immediately connected with Wynn. As I was reading, I kept finding myself nodding my head in agreement with so many things she said. The highlight feature on my Kindle was getting quite a workout. 

I know Wynn and I would have been best friends in high school. Nerdy, awkward, and always on the fringe? Yep, I was rocking that as a teenager.

“ I didn’t know who I wanted to be.  Getting good grades, pleasing people, being a good daughter, those things were easy.  Admitting I had no desires beyond leaving, traveling the world like a gypsy, it was too hard to make people understand. So I stopped trying. “ — Wynn

Get out of my head, Emily Hemmer.

The expectations Wynn’s family had for her was stifling. However, once Oliver returns to town, he nudges her to find out what happened in the past, to have closure, and to heal the hurt in her family. 

He was so caring and supportive of Wynn, and their relationship helped to break through her reluctance to put herself first.

Yes, Wynn in Doubt is a romance with a bit of mystery, but it is also a book about living the life you were meant to have. 

The lessons Wynn learned can apply to anyone and struck a chord with me—as a woman, as a daughter, and as a mother.

It is a beautifully written story, with many layers and emotions, that will make you laugh, smile, and maybe cry. 

Emily Hemmer is a gifted writer, and I will definitely put her on my ‘must-read author’ list

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About Emily Hemmer

Emily Hemmer was raised in the Chicago suburbs before settling in Kansas City in 1996. She completed her degree after an extended eleven-year semester break during which time she got married, had kids, and became a published author. Her greatest accomplishment to date is holding the high score in Ms. PacMan at the Pizza Hut in Schaumburg, Il.

About the Book

MY RATING:
5/5

date (re)published : October 6, 2015

pages : 300

audiobook narrator: Jorjeana Marie

audiobook length: 8 hrs, 13 min

Wynn in Doubt by Emily Hemmer-new cover

Wynn Jeffries has wanderlust. Unfortunately, her life stalled somewhere between graduating from college and slinging drinks at the local dive bar. Stuck in a one-room apartment with no career, no boyfriend, no…life, she dreams of something more. Something amazing. Something like Oliver Reeves, her high school crush, who’s back in town and reminding Wynn of the way she used to be.

When a forgotten news clipping falls out of a book belonging to Wynn’s grandmother, a well-kept family secret is finally revealed. Is Wynn’s gypsy spirit the result of an overactive imagination, or did she inherit it from a woman so determined to live a big life, she gave up everything to have it?

Together, Wynn and Oliver attempt to put together the missing pieces of her family’s past and unravel the mystery behind her great-grandmother’s disappearance. But after so much time succumbing to fear and regret, can Wynn ditch her safe, routine life for the chance at an extraordinary future?

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