22 year old Landon is a devoted dad to adorable 2 year old Sadie, and works as a package handler at UPS. He’s a college dropout after being an undeclared major, sort of drifting through life day in and day out. But then his wife Beth is killed in a car accident. And he isn’t sure why she wasn’t alone in the car.
A family drama driven novel with romantic aspects, this book is great for fans of Katherine Center and Caitlin Weaver; very relatable dialogue, time spent in the part of falling in love that confuses us all. Toddler Sadie is extraordinarily realistic and endearing, one of the best written children I’ve read.
And we know how Landon is feeling juuuuust a moment before he figures it out too. What makes this a five star read for me are the characters- the in-laws who require a weekly visit on Sundays causing Landon to miss the Eagles, his buddy Digger who is loyal and supportive, and his slightly overbearing mother. Perhaps my favorite minor character is Pearl, a woman in Landon’s grief group who lost her lover of many years.
Painfully constructed and funny, I simply loved this book. These characters will stay with me for a long time. This is one of those novels I would not have known about if it wasn’t for #bookstagram which is the world’s biggest book club. And what is a book club but a support group of misfits who have all finally found each other?
What I googled while reading this book
-Is Disney World open on Christmas?
- Laura Ashley fashion
-Mr Noodle
-Were the eagles good in 2012
QOTD: If you have kids, what character did they LOVE when they were two? My son loved Thomas the tank engine and my daughter loved Daniel Tiger!
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