By: Marie Bostwick
Libby audiobook 12 hours
Read by: Pam Ward and Lorna Raver
Published: 2008 (this version 2010)
Genre: realistic fiction
A fellow quilter highly recommended this series. There were aspects of it I enjoyed (especially the quilting!) but overall it bugged me and I ended up speeding it up to finish it quicker.
I took time while parked to jot a few quotations.
Chapter 14: "Cancer or no, life marches on." - Evelyn
Chapter 20: "I suppose everyone feels happier when they have somewhere to go and something to do." - Abigail
I appreciated Evelyn's observation on real Christmas trees vs. fake ones. (Even fake ones drop "needles" that need to be cleaned up. And they definitely don't smell as nice.)
I hated Evelyn lying to Mary Dell about late January and her double mastectomy. It really bothered me that she wasn't honest with any of her closest friends or her son until she was basically backed up against a wall. Grr!
The two main characters are Evelyn Dixon, 50ish and newly divorced (Her husband wanted a younger, more fun wife.) and Abigail Burgess Wynn (rich socialite who keeps people at arm's length). The vocal work on both was frustrating! Abigail is 62, but sounds like she's 82. She also sounded like a complete B-I-*-*-*. So many of the plot points were just stupid.
The whole foray into breast cancer was well done. I found myself thinking of a dear friend that I should reconnect with who is on the other side of that battle.
Overall, the story was just okay. I think I might have enjoyed it slightly more if I'd read it in print. Oh! The other irritating part was how Abigail and her long-time friend and lawyer are romantically dating at the end. Evelyn and Charlie are more than just friends. Evelyn's son and Liza have sparks flying. Poor Margot is the only one without a beau.
I won't be getting book two in the series . . .
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