This book, yes just this book! Be ready to laugh and cry and sometimes both at the same time! The characters are realistic, with an in-depth portrayal of what it is like to love and lose. Emma lost her mom to suicide and is basically just dumped on her grandmother, the aristocratic and so proper Genevieve. When she disappoints her grandmother, Emma is banished to live with her maternal grandfather and to make her own way in life. She ends up with a Ph.D. in psychology and the single mother of a beautiful and intelligent young teen named Riley. The men in the book were mostly weak and unhelpful to the women whose lives they affected. The exceptions are Paul (Emma’s pop or grandfather) and Miller, a neighbor to Genevieve who has suffered his own losses and faces many challenges in life. I loved the story and how it was told from the viewpoint of the characters, even some of what I might consider minor ones. I devoured this book daily during my reading time, eager to find out if Emma and Genevieve would patch up their relationship, to find out what would happen with Miller and his little terror of a daughter Tess, and to discover what would happen to Riley. It is difficult to choose a favorite character since they are all so great that by the end of the book, I felt that they were all friends whom I had gotten to know well. That’s what a great job Kristan Higgins does in writing! I was captured by the story and lived it with the characters! Fans of women’s fiction will definitely want to read this book, to savor its wisdom and to talk to others about its life lessons.

Disclaimer

Disclosure of Material Connection: I purchased a copy of this book from RJ Julia Booksellers. I was not required to write a positive review, but it was my great pleasure to do so. The opinions expressed are my own.

This amazing book is available at all local booksellers or online. I highly recommend it to adults, teens, to anyone who wants to read a good story that is told well.