While reading Murder in the Bowery, by Victoria Thompson, I could just imagine this story as a movie, with William Powell and Myrna Loy playing the parts of Frank and Sarah Malloy. Just as Powell and Loy did such a wonderful job portraying Nick and Nora, the wonderful husband and wife socialites who dabbled in crime solving for the fun of it, Frank takes his wife Sarah along to assist him in crime solving in this entertaining historical mystery novel.
It is such fun to read about this romantic couple, along with Frank's partner Gino and his love interest Maeve, who is also the nanny for Sarah and Frank's children. Maeve also has wonderful ideas for decorating and is helping Sarah refurbish an old house into a maternity clinic and hospital. Sarah, who by profession is really a midwife, will be helping the women of the poorer New York neighborhoods who cannot afford health care. There are so many different storylines working at the same time in this novel. But of course in the end, it all pulls together and is tied in a neat package.
There is a young newspaper boy killed during the news strike of 1899, with all the historically accurate detail of the lifestyle of the newsies and gangsters in the Bowery of New York during this time period. There is the story of New York high society and how you can fall from the social register and clubs as easily as marrying beneath your station. There is the delicate way author Thompson presents the murder of a young society girl who has a troubled past.
Intertwined with the details leading up to the discovery of the murderer, is the relationships of not only the woman killed and all her associates, but the development of the private detectives and their personal relationships. This is a continuation of a well created series with Frank and Gino solving crimes in the City, while Sarah and Maeve not only assist them but help young indigent women.
What a wonderful premise for a mystery series.
Friday, March 31, 2017
Witch Chocolate Fudge
Witch Chocolate Fudge is the second mystery in the new series, Bewitched By Chocolate, written by H.Y Hanna. Hanna is a prolific author with another fun series about a cafe owner, who solves mysteries, the Oxford Tearoom series. In this mystery series, Bewitched By Chocolate, we meet Catilyn who has recently found out that she was adopted by her late mother after being picked up ont he side of the road, near the small English village of Tillyhenge. Catilyn has come back to the village to see if she can find her family or some answers to the questions of her past.
In the first murder mystery, Catilyn and her cousin Pomona helped solve a crime and have now they have settled into life in Tillyhenge. Catilyn is living in a small room above the store, Bewitched By Chocolate with the Widow Mags. Cousin, Pomona is staying at the mansion of the handsome, Lord James Fitzroy. Of course as we begin book two in the series, Catilyn is no closer to finding out who her relatives are, but Widow Mags daughter, Beatrice, has shown Catilyn that they are both wearing the same necklace.
This second book in the series further develops the characters and relationships between Catilyn and Pomona with Lord Fitzroy, Widow Mags, Beatrice and the Chocolate shop. As Pomona redecorates the shop and Caitlyn's warm personality welcomes people to the shop, business is improving.
Catilyn and the James become more friendly. The people of the town will learn to trust Widow Mags and the widow lets down her guard more and more. OF course a murder will be solved.
In the end, Caitlyn learns to use and control her magical gifts. So as a reader if you suspend your sense of reality and accept magical world, you can sit back and eat some chocolate and enjoy a fun series of mystery novels.
In the first murder mystery, Catilyn and her cousin Pomona helped solve a crime and have now they have settled into life in Tillyhenge. Catilyn is living in a small room above the store, Bewitched By Chocolate with the Widow Mags. Cousin, Pomona is staying at the mansion of the handsome, Lord James Fitzroy. Of course as we begin book two in the series, Catilyn is no closer to finding out who her relatives are, but Widow Mags daughter, Beatrice, has shown Catilyn that they are both wearing the same necklace.
This second book in the series further develops the characters and relationships between Catilyn and Pomona with Lord Fitzroy, Widow Mags, Beatrice and the Chocolate shop. As Pomona redecorates the shop and Caitlyn's warm personality welcomes people to the shop, business is improving.
Catilyn and the James become more friendly. The people of the town will learn to trust Widow Mags and the widow lets down her guard more and more. OF course a murder will be solved.
In the end, Caitlyn learns to use and control her magical gifts. So as a reader if you suspend your sense of reality and accept magical world, you can sit back and eat some chocolate and enjoy a fun series of mystery novels.
Tuesday, March 21, 2017
Lillian Boxfish Takes a Walk
Have you ever traveled a path from your past and shouted out all the locations as you recognize them? Maybe taken your children or new significant other to see the haunts of your childhood?
That is how we spend the last night of 1984. Strolling along the streets of Manhattan, NYC with Lillian Boxfish, as she reminisces in her mind about her life, purposely wandering by all the important locations that led her to be the woman she is on this New Year's Eve.
Like women of her generation, she has fudged her age, so as the year rolls over she is not admitting to being born before the new century began. She was a feminist and working woman before that became popular in the United States. Lillian came to the big city as an independent, stylish young woman ready to set the city on fire. She had a talent for poetry and clever advertising copy. She landed a job at R. H. Macy's. She became their lead copy editor. Then she fell in love with Max Caputo, the rug buyer for Macy's. They marry and have a child, her son, Johnny. Having to leave work is the breaking point for both her marriage and her metal health.
Now looking back on her life, as she goes about her New Year's Eve routine, she meets old friends along her walk, and runs into a bit of trouble, as she relives the choices she made and the world she has lived in.
This is a sweet story written by Kathleen Rooney which is based on the real life persona of Margaret Fishback, who in the 1930's worked for R.H. Macy and was the highest paid female copywriter in the world. Appearing on the society pages of the NY newspapers, she wrote advertising copy for Macy's and books of poetry and etiquette. Her books are out of print and her story was forgotten. Rooney has brought her story back to life in the character of Lillian Boxfish. Though the clever ad copy is real the conversations and musings of Lillian as she wanders the street of New York, are the imagination of Kathleen Rooney.
That is how we spend the last night of 1984. Strolling along the streets of Manhattan, NYC with Lillian Boxfish, as she reminisces in her mind about her life, purposely wandering by all the important locations that led her to be the woman she is on this New Year's Eve.
Like women of her generation, she has fudged her age, so as the year rolls over she is not admitting to being born before the new century began. She was a feminist and working woman before that became popular in the United States. Lillian came to the big city as an independent, stylish young woman ready to set the city on fire. She had a talent for poetry and clever advertising copy. She landed a job at R. H. Macy's. She became their lead copy editor. Then she fell in love with Max Caputo, the rug buyer for Macy's. They marry and have a child, her son, Johnny. Having to leave work is the breaking point for both her marriage and her metal health.
Now looking back on her life, as she goes about her New Year's Eve routine, she meets old friends along her walk, and runs into a bit of trouble, as she relives the choices she made and the world she has lived in.
This is a sweet story written by Kathleen Rooney which is based on the real life persona of Margaret Fishback, who in the 1930's worked for R.H. Macy and was the highest paid female copywriter in the world. Appearing on the society pages of the NY newspapers, she wrote advertising copy for Macy's and books of poetry and etiquette. Her books are out of print and her story was forgotten. Rooney has brought her story back to life in the character of Lillian Boxfish. Though the clever ad copy is real the conversations and musings of Lillian as she wanders the street of New York, are the imagination of Kathleen Rooney.
Friday, March 17, 2017
And Every Morning the Way Home Gets Longer and Longer
"But the universe gave you both Noah. He is the bridge between you. That's why we get the chance to spoil our grandchildren, because by doing that we're apologizing to our children." This is the imagined quote of Grandma as we are following the conversation Grandpa is carrying on in his mind with his wife who has already passed away. Grandpa replies to her, "And how do we stop our children from hating us for that?"
Written by the author of A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman, this is a short, sweet novella. This is the conversation between Grandpa and Grandma at the end of his life, as he is slowly loosing his grip on reality. Visited both by his son, Ted and his grandchild, Noah, Grandpa has a happy loving understanding with his grandchild, but a more stilted, distant relationship with his son. As we listen to Noah and Grandpa talk, reminiscing about shared enjoyable memories, slowly saying goodbye so Noah can develop the ability to continue after the death of Grandpa. Also Ted, working with his father to say goodbye and make peace after years of misunderstanding and a reserved relationship. Ted is also there helping his son, Noah through this experience while trying to change the father/son interactions, having a closer relationship with his own son than he did with his father. Grandpa is also coming to terms with the end of his life and as he converses with his wife in his mind, he realizes that it was easier with Noah, who was more like him and harder with his own son, who had different interests. Grandpa also had more free time to spend with Noah creating good memories and was working too much when Ted was young.
Grandpa reliving his relationship with Grandma, going back to when they first met and their early love and marriage. Going over the good times and finding a tranquility and acceptance. Beautiful prose describing love and loss, making a sad event seem natural and heartfelt.
A novella that everyone can find a sense of inner peace with as a reader, as they put themselves in one of the character's places.
Written by the author of A Man Called Ove, Fredrik Backman, this is a short, sweet novella. This is the conversation between Grandpa and Grandma at the end of his life, as he is slowly loosing his grip on reality. Visited both by his son, Ted and his grandchild, Noah, Grandpa has a happy loving understanding with his grandchild, but a more stilted, distant relationship with his son. As we listen to Noah and Grandpa talk, reminiscing about shared enjoyable memories, slowly saying goodbye so Noah can develop the ability to continue after the death of Grandpa. Also Ted, working with his father to say goodbye and make peace after years of misunderstanding and a reserved relationship. Ted is also there helping his son, Noah through this experience while trying to change the father/son interactions, having a closer relationship with his own son than he did with his father. Grandpa is also coming to terms with the end of his life and as he converses with his wife in his mind, he realizes that it was easier with Noah, who was more like him and harder with his own son, who had different interests. Grandpa also had more free time to spend with Noah creating good memories and was working too much when Ted was young.
Grandpa reliving his relationship with Grandma, going back to when they first met and their early love and marriage. Going over the good times and finding a tranquility and acceptance. Beautiful prose describing love and loss, making a sad event seem natural and heartfelt.
A novella that everyone can find a sense of inner peace with as a reader, as they put themselves in one of the character's places.
Tuesday, March 14, 2017
Holocaust to Healing: Closing the Circle
So many stories to be told and so little time left. That is the reality as we get further and further away from the Holocaust. There are so many different stories and experiences that need to be recorded and remembered of survivors of the horrific events in Europe during the war years. There are still some survivors alive who are sharing their personal involvement and there are children of survivors who are sharing the stories they are discovering of their families connections. There are now books written from Jewish point of view and German points of view. Family members who are becoming aware that they had relatives with Nazi attachments. All of these recounted contributions are important to the history of our collective conscience.
Holocaust to Healing: Closing the Circle written by Kati Preston is one of those narratives. Preston adds another unusual account of the life of a child who escapes and grows up to triumph over the Nazi plan of persecution of the Jews. Preston takes the reader back to her childhood, describing the warm loving, secure feelings she had growing up in Nagyvarad, in the Transylvania region fought over by the Russians and encompassed later by Hungary.
Preston started out as the happy, well loved, pampered child of Gabriella and Ernest Rubin. Her mother Gabriella had been raised Catholic and her father was Jewish. Life is happy in their home until the the town is walled in as a Ghetto for the Jews. Gabriella in a effort to save her husband tries to have him baptized but he is sent on what he believes to a work detail and never returns. When an employee of Gabriella's reports that she has a Jewish child living in the house, Gabriella send Kati off to hide in a friendly client's barn.
After the Russians liberate Hungary life does not get any easier. There is not much food to eat and Kati is enrolled in a Catholic school and the family is bullied for being middle class, "Bourgeois". Her mother remarries another survivor, Ernest Ruder. The family starts what will the beginning of many moves between may countries. They travel to Israel, Paris, New York City, Milan, Lisbon, and London.
In this book, Kati Preston will tell her story of the different countries they travel through and live in. She will share her story of the war years and the good years. Her marriages and her children. In the end with her husband, Gordon Preston she will end her travels in New Hampshire. She has had a very varied career, working as a seamstress and clothing designer. She has lived through the Holocaust, cancer, great love and loss. For the past thirty years she has run the business her son Dani created called "The Hampstead Players".
Finally, she has also taken on the task of speaker, telling her story of being a hidden child during World War II. Preston speaks of the tragedy of the lives lost and the survivor guilt that plagues those who are left behind. She feels it is very important for her to speak for the dead who cannot speak for themselves. Preston writes, "If you see evil you have to get involved. If you do not it is as bad as being an active perpetrator."
This book was published in 2016. Preston lives in New Hampshire and involved with the Cohen Center for Genocide and Holocaust Studies at Keene State College. She speaks at schools, theaters, synagogues, churches, libraries, Masonic Lodges, and Rotary clubs.
Holocaust to Healing: Closing the Circle written by Kati Preston is one of those narratives. Preston adds another unusual account of the life of a child who escapes and grows up to triumph over the Nazi plan of persecution of the Jews. Preston takes the reader back to her childhood, describing the warm loving, secure feelings she had growing up in Nagyvarad, in the Transylvania region fought over by the Russians and encompassed later by Hungary.
Preston started out as the happy, well loved, pampered child of Gabriella and Ernest Rubin. Her mother Gabriella had been raised Catholic and her father was Jewish. Life is happy in their home until the the town is walled in as a Ghetto for the Jews. Gabriella in a effort to save her husband tries to have him baptized but he is sent on what he believes to a work detail and never returns. When an employee of Gabriella's reports that she has a Jewish child living in the house, Gabriella send Kati off to hide in a friendly client's barn.
After the Russians liberate Hungary life does not get any easier. There is not much food to eat and Kati is enrolled in a Catholic school and the family is bullied for being middle class, "Bourgeois". Her mother remarries another survivor, Ernest Ruder. The family starts what will the beginning of many moves between may countries. They travel to Israel, Paris, New York City, Milan, Lisbon, and London.
In this book, Kati Preston will tell her story of the different countries they travel through and live in. She will share her story of the war years and the good years. Her marriages and her children. In the end with her husband, Gordon Preston she will end her travels in New Hampshire. She has had a very varied career, working as a seamstress and clothing designer. She has lived through the Holocaust, cancer, great love and loss. For the past thirty years she has run the business her son Dani created called "The Hampstead Players".
Finally, she has also taken on the task of speaker, telling her story of being a hidden child during World War II. Preston speaks of the tragedy of the lives lost and the survivor guilt that plagues those who are left behind. She feels it is very important for her to speak for the dead who cannot speak for themselves. Preston writes, "If you see evil you have to get involved. If you do not it is as bad as being an active perpetrator."
This book was published in 2016. Preston lives in New Hampshire and involved with the Cohen Center for Genocide and Holocaust Studies at Keene State College. She speaks at schools, theaters, synagogues, churches, libraries, Masonic Lodges, and Rotary clubs.
Saturday, March 11, 2017
The Ghost of Robert Brown
A new mystery series introducing Jane Grey, a retired detective, who now as a school teacher continues to help her old partner, Gary Myers solve murder cases. Trying to escape memories of the past year. Jane has left her dream job as a police detective and taken a position as a biology professor at the St. Anne's boarding school. As she reports for work, she is confronted by the murder of a school teacher. Wandering across the field looking for the administration building Jane is first on the scene of the latest murder on campus. Surprisingly, the detective now assigned to this sleepy village is her old partner and love interest, Gary Myers.
This will be the beginning of a new entertaining mystery series written by P. Wish, featuring Grey and Myers as they clean up crime on school campuses. A preview of the second novel in the series, written as the epilogue, also has Max on the force having relocated to Liverpool at the end of book one, and Grey, now teaching at a new school, finds a body which starts them off again on the chase for a killer. So I assume this will be the pattern this series follows.
The theme of this plot is running away from your problems. Jane Grey is running away from a hurtful experience in her immediate past. Some of the young boys at the Catholic preparatory school she has come to teach at are going through turbulent times as they go through puberty, have inner battles with their feelings and conflicts with others who are bullies. But sometimes these interactions can go astray and become violent. So running away or facing your feelings is something that faces many of the characters in this novel.
When multiple murders start happening on the schools campus, student start wondering if there is a ghost that is haunting the lake. The principal, Mrs. Wolverhampton, is stressed because parents are calling the school to find out if their children are still safe. Jane has easy access to the important suspects in this case, so she keeps her relationship with Gary hidden and works on the case while befriending the staff of the school and teaching the students. In a few instances the way Jane finds out information seems a bit exaggerated, but for the most part the plot seems probable.
So waiting for the next mystery in the series to come out to find out what happens in Liverpool.
This will be the beginning of a new entertaining mystery series written by P. Wish, featuring Grey and Myers as they clean up crime on school campuses. A preview of the second novel in the series, written as the epilogue, also has Max on the force having relocated to Liverpool at the end of book one, and Grey, now teaching at a new school, finds a body which starts them off again on the chase for a killer. So I assume this will be the pattern this series follows.
The theme of this plot is running away from your problems. Jane Grey is running away from a hurtful experience in her immediate past. Some of the young boys at the Catholic preparatory school she has come to teach at are going through turbulent times as they go through puberty, have inner battles with their feelings and conflicts with others who are bullies. But sometimes these interactions can go astray and become violent. So running away or facing your feelings is something that faces many of the characters in this novel.
When multiple murders start happening on the schools campus, student start wondering if there is a ghost that is haunting the lake. The principal, Mrs. Wolverhampton, is stressed because parents are calling the school to find out if their children are still safe. Jane has easy access to the important suspects in this case, so she keeps her relationship with Gary hidden and works on the case while befriending the staff of the school and teaching the students. In a few instances the way Jane finds out information seems a bit exaggerated, but for the most part the plot seems probable.
So waiting for the next mystery in the series to come out to find out what happens in Liverpool.
Tuesday, March 7, 2017
The Dead Man
Nora Gold, an award winning Canadian author for her novel, Field of Exile, which I reviewed here earlier, has again written a captivating plot in The Dead Man.
Writing her novels to span the international divide between Toronto and Israel, she has given her readers both a fascinating novel of psychological drama and a travel log of Israel.
As the main character, Eve, a music therapist and composer, fantasizes about her failed relationship with Jake, a famous music critic, the reader analyses Eve's obsession with Jake and why she cannot let go of this unrequited love. Eve and Jake met a conference and had a short affair. Eve won an award for piece of music she had written and Jake was impressed with her talent and youthfulness. She is a fifty year old widow with two sons back home in Toronto, to his sixty-five years, married with two grown daughters. As we learn the story of his life in flashbacks and memories of their time together, we see him emerge as a narcissistic, egocentric man. After many years now of not being able to release herself from her connection to Jake, Eve comes to Israel for her annual conference for music therapists and presents Jake as a case study for analysis. As the groups talk about his psychological makeup, you begin to wonder what is wrong with Eve that she cannot end her connection to him. She does not seem to be able to move forward from this affair. We hear her thoughts...."But even more than all that, it started to get creepy. Creepy hearing Jake’s rage and Fran’s fear. Instead of feeling powerful and in control, Eve began feeling powerless and out of control. She wasn’t doing this anymore out of her own free will; it had turned into an obsession. A compulsion. An obsessive-compulsive disorder."
Reading this novel was a little like reading some of the other popular books of the day, Girl on The Train and Gone Girl among others. You are inside Eve's head hearing this story from her point of view and you begin to wonder about her psychological state as she reviews the relationship with Jake and the last five years since their relationship ended though he promised to get back to her within that time and has not.
While you are following Eve through her memories you are taken on a trip through Jerusalem
and to the kibbutz where her cousins live. Nora Gold gives us evocative descriptions of the assignation between Jake and Eve which leave you worried about Eve's state mind and Jake's life, is he dead or alive and will he be alive at the end of this novel? But also Gold gives us a very vivid description of the places we are visiting in Israel. Gold brings the reader into the novel so that you feel that you are there watching Eve as she sits on the porch on her cousin's kibbutz, and into her mind as she replays the rendezvous with Jake. You are there in the King David Hotel during their stay and four day fling, eating with them in their room, "She brought them a little of everything from the beautifully laid-out buffet, the “shulchan aruch,” in the hotel dining room. There was smoked salmon, herring, whitefish, and carp, cut-up carrots, radishes, onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes, breads, rolls, and pastries, jams, jellies, marmalades, and spreads, four flavours of yogurt, seven varieties of cheese, olives green and black, eggs prepared any way you wanted, pancakes, waffles, and moussaka, fresh-squeezed juices (orange, grapefruit, or apple), a bowl of dates, figs, raisins, and sun flower seeds, an enormous platter of pineapple, melons, and berries, and coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. That buffet was the epitome of Abundance, Beauty, and Diversity."
The food description makes your mouth water, the kibbutz descriptions leave you wandering through the avocado grove and the relationship descriptions leave you apprehensively sitting on the edge of your chair.
Writing her novels to span the international divide between Toronto and Israel, she has given her readers both a fascinating novel of psychological drama and a travel log of Israel.
As the main character, Eve, a music therapist and composer, fantasizes about her failed relationship with Jake, a famous music critic, the reader analyses Eve's obsession with Jake and why she cannot let go of this unrequited love. Eve and Jake met a conference and had a short affair. Eve won an award for piece of music she had written and Jake was impressed with her talent and youthfulness. She is a fifty year old widow with two sons back home in Toronto, to his sixty-five years, married with two grown daughters. As we learn the story of his life in flashbacks and memories of their time together, we see him emerge as a narcissistic, egocentric man. After many years now of not being able to release herself from her connection to Jake, Eve comes to Israel for her annual conference for music therapists and presents Jake as a case study for analysis. As the groups talk about his psychological makeup, you begin to wonder what is wrong with Eve that she cannot end her connection to him. She does not seem to be able to move forward from this affair. We hear her thoughts...."But even more than all that, it started to get creepy. Creepy hearing Jake’s rage and Fran’s fear. Instead of feeling powerful and in control, Eve began feeling powerless and out of control. She wasn’t doing this anymore out of her own free will; it had turned into an obsession. A compulsion. An obsessive-compulsive disorder."
While you are following Eve through her memories you are taken on a trip through Jerusalem
and to the kibbutz where her cousins live. Nora Gold gives us evocative descriptions of the assignation between Jake and Eve which leave you worried about Eve's state mind and Jake's life, is he dead or alive and will he be alive at the end of this novel? But also Gold gives us a very vivid description of the places we are visiting in Israel. Gold brings the reader into the novel so that you feel that you are there watching Eve as she sits on the porch on her cousin's kibbutz, and into her mind as she replays the rendezvous with Jake. You are there in the King David Hotel during their stay and four day fling, eating with them in their room, "She brought them a little of everything from the beautifully laid-out buffet, the “shulchan aruch,” in the hotel dining room. There was smoked salmon, herring, whitefish, and carp, cut-up carrots, radishes, onions, cucumbers, and tomatoes, breads, rolls, and pastries, jams, jellies, marmalades, and spreads, four flavours of yogurt, seven varieties of cheese, olives green and black, eggs prepared any way you wanted, pancakes, waffles, and moussaka, fresh-squeezed juices (orange, grapefruit, or apple), a bowl of dates, figs, raisins, and sun flower seeds, an enormous platter of pineapple, melons, and berries, and coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. That buffet was the epitome of Abundance, Beauty, and Diversity."
The food description makes your mouth water, the kibbutz descriptions leave you wandering through the avocado grove and the relationship descriptions leave you apprehensively sitting on the edge of your chair.
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Vintage
Susan Gloss has written a sweet, romantic novel that is a throwback to the literature before the psychological thriller became the genre of choice. This is a story of love, heartbreak and in the end an almost perfect happy ending.
This is the story of Violet, who has finally grown up and realized that marrying the football hero does not give life a storybook ending. She has left her hometown life and marriage behind and moved to a small college town fulfilling her dream of opening a vintage clothing store. She not only loves the clothing of a bygone era but the personal stories of the owners of those clothes. Entering her life at a critical time, are three new friends. April, a young pregnant teenager, who has been left by her boyfriend as he listens to his parents and heads off to medical school. Sam, a blast from her past, but now a mature, handsome man and Amithi, a woman who has found herself at crossroads in life and
frustrated with what she may have missed out on, now wants to make up for lost time. All these women have some things in common and are able to learn from each other and help each other achieve new goals and aspirations.
As we get to know each of the characters and their flaws and strengths, we are routing for them to find themselves and reach out to attain their dreams. Also of course from the outside it is easy to see what the correct choices would be and hope that each person will make the right decisions. Though life is not always wrapped up in a carefully crafted package with a neatly tied ribbon, this novel comes as close as possible to happily every after.
This is the story of Violet, who has finally grown up and realized that marrying the football hero does not give life a storybook ending. She has left her hometown life and marriage behind and moved to a small college town fulfilling her dream of opening a vintage clothing store. She not only loves the clothing of a bygone era but the personal stories of the owners of those clothes. Entering her life at a critical time, are three new friends. April, a young pregnant teenager, who has been left by her boyfriend as he listens to his parents and heads off to medical school. Sam, a blast from her past, but now a mature, handsome man and Amithi, a woman who has found herself at crossroads in life and
frustrated with what she may have missed out on, now wants to make up for lost time. All these women have some things in common and are able to learn from each other and help each other achieve new goals and aspirations.
As we get to know each of the characters and their flaws and strengths, we are routing for them to find themselves and reach out to attain their dreams. Also of course from the outside it is easy to see what the correct choices would be and hope that each person will make the right decisions. Though life is not always wrapped up in a carefully crafted package with a neatly tied ribbon, this novel comes as close as possible to happily every after.
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