Author: Abbi Waxman
Published: July 9th 2019 by Berkley
Format: eBook, 352 pages
Genre: Women's Fiction
Source: My thanks to Netgalley and the Publisher for an opportunity to read an advanced copy of this book.
A nowhere book that suddenly, because there was nowhere else to go, turned into Fredrik Backman’s “My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry”, then bounces back to nowhere only to finish up as a romance.
I have no idea what happened here, in the past, Abbi Waxman’s books were a must buy, they were full of family, humor, and the realities of life. Yes, to be honest, this book touches on family, a damaged one, but still family. There is humor, sparks here and there, but not sustained. I just found it a disappointing foray into the same Larchmont neighborhood of her two prior books.
The introverted only child of a professional photographer single mother, who left her in the care of a nanny when she could no longer fit in a cardboard box, suddenly becomes aware that there was a father out there. A man who recently died and has mentioned her in his will. Not only is she learning about a man she never knew but she has come to find three sisters, a brother, and a smattering of nieces and nephews. With Nina’s anxiety attacks, over planned journal, pub quiz night, a new family, a new man, and a dearly loved job surrounded by books which is about to close its doors, it is no surprise that this wandering book encapsulates a life half lived. If you are looking for a happily ever after type of book, you will literally find it here since that is how Abbi Waxman decided to end this book – with those exact words.
I have no idea what happened here, in the past, Abbi Waxman’s books were a must buy, they were full of family, humor, and the realities of life. Yes, to be honest, this book touches on family, a damaged one, but still family. There is humor, sparks here and there, but not sustained. I just found it a disappointing foray into the same Larchmont neighborhood of her two prior books.
The introverted only child of a professional photographer single mother, who left her in the care of a nanny when she could no longer fit in a cardboard box, suddenly becomes aware that there was a father out there. A man who recently died and has mentioned her in his will. Not only is she learning about a man she never knew but she has come to find three sisters, a brother, and a smattering of nieces and nephews. With Nina’s anxiety attacks, over planned journal, pub quiz night, a new family, a new man, and a dearly loved job surrounded by books which is about to close its doors, it is no surprise that this wandering book encapsulates a life half lived. If you are looking for a happily ever after type of book, you will literally find it here since that is how Abbi Waxman decided to end this book – with those exact words.
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