The Things We Do for Love

Angela DeSaria Malone, the youngest of three girls, was always referred to as "the princess" in the family and believed she saw how her life would turn out. senior year. University. union. Parenting. That was her sisters', her cousins', and her friends' experience. For Angie, however, things didn't turn out that way. She and her spouse made ardent attempts to conceive, but their immaculately furnished nursery remained vacant year after year. Ultimately, the weight of dashed hopes caused their marriage to crumble.

Angie returned to her hometown after the divorce to be with her gregarious, affectionate, and sometimes wacky family. She will meet the girl who will transform Angie's life in West End, a location where life rises and falls in sync with the waves, and she will meet the guy who will once again allow her heart to open to love.

The mother of Lauren Ribido, who lives in a dilapidated apartment in a seedy area of town, seems more concerned with getting her next drink than with her daughter. Lauren, who is seventeen, is aware that her life goals could never materialize.

Angie recognizes there's something unique about Lauren right away. The girl who has never experienced mother's love and the desperate lady for a daughter quickly become friends. Angie jumps at the chance to provide Lauren a place to stay when her mother abandons her. However, Angie was unprepared for the far-reaching effects of her act of generosity. In a dramatic turn of events, she and Lauren will be tested in a way that mothers and daughters seldom are. Together they will embark on an intensely moving, deeply emotional journey to the very heart of what it means to be a family.