WYNN IN DOUBT was several stories intertwined together. Lola a mother who abandoned her child and husband in the hopes to build a life void of fear and mental suffocation. Her daughter who could never truly forgive the desertion of her mother. Her granddaughter whose views of Lola were only those unkind visions passed down in the name of family history. And her great-granddaughter Wynn who, while generations later, found herself in a similar predicament as her unknown great-grandmother. Wynn has lived out much of her life doing what others expected her to do, making others happy, helping fulfill other people's dreams. When she happens upon a newspaper article of long ago, it opens the door to family secrets, unfilled dreams, unconditional love and pleas for forgiveness. A heart-rendering story that causes one to evaluate how much one's own life is made up of your own dreams or those of the people you love. Nicely written but I couldn't quite give it 4 stars for several reasons. My main objection (resulting in 3 stars) deals with a personal issue. As a mother and grandmother, I cannot possibly conceive how a mother could walk away from a child. I feel that when a woman makes a decision to have a child, her purpose in life for many years becomes molding that child, shaping their mind and soul to feel self-supporting, confident and equipped physically and emotionally to contribute to society. I cannot conceive walking away from that responsibily and therefore had difficulty fully understanding the character's reason or rationale for doing so and found her actions to be selfish and insensitive to the needs of her child. While I know the story is fictional, I need to read a story and feel the characters are believable and their actions valid. Regardless of the few "doubts" I had in Wynn in Doubt, I feel the book would make a good book club read and create some interesting (if not controversial) discussions.