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adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
slow-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
This was a quick and breezy read that was quite enjoyable and fun. I think the side characters are more grasping than the main character herself.
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
emotional
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
emotional
funny
lighthearted
reflective
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Big thanks to Forever and NetGalley for this ARC to read and review.
I really, really enjoyed this one. It was a bit deeper than I expected, but a beautiful story.
Grace Johnson has been coasting. She is a CPA and likes her job fine. She is married and her marriage is fine. Her mother is back in Texas and she talks to her once a month. Then everything turns sideways. She decides to join her mother, an Elvis oficianado, on a roadtrip to Graceland for her 70th birthday.
She and her mother have never been close. And through the coure of their roadtrip, we start to understand why. It is a beautiful story of growth, reflection and second chances.
Will post this review on goodreads, retail sites and my bookstagram @scottonreads
I really, really enjoyed this one. It was a bit deeper than I expected, but a beautiful story.
Grace Johnson has been coasting. She is a CPA and likes her job fine. She is married and her marriage is fine. Her mother is back in Texas and she talks to her once a month. Then everything turns sideways. She decides to join her mother, an Elvis oficianado, on a roadtrip to Graceland for her 70th birthday.
She and her mother have never been close. And through the coure of their roadtrip, we start to understand why. It is a beautiful story of growth, reflection and second chances.
Will post this review on goodreads, retail sites and my bookstagram @scottonreads
This was an emotional debut that gave me all the feels and had a perfect balance of humor and heart.
A mother-daughter roadtrip story that sees recently separated lawyer Grace taking her mother on the trip of a lifetime for her 70th birthday to visit all sorts of historic Elvis landmarks (in a pink convertible of all things!)
Together these two repair their relationship, deal with past family trauma (alcoholic, abusive father) while sharing some long-held secrets.
Be prepared to cry with this one but also enjoy all the kookiness of Grace’s Elvis-obsesssed mother.
I loved the anxiety rep in this book (Grace) and the way the story deals with familial trauma and terminal illness. There’s even some romance in the form of a childhood friend.
Great on audio and highly recommended for fans of Jesse Q Sutanto, Roselle Lim or Rachel Gibson’s How Lulu lost her mind (another mother-daughter road trip story).
Much thanks to @readforeverpub for a beautiful finished copy!! This is one debut you don’t want to miss and I’m excited to read more from Kristen!
A mother-daughter roadtrip story that sees recently separated lawyer Grace taking her mother on the trip of a lifetime for her 70th birthday to visit all sorts of historic Elvis landmarks (in a pink convertible of all things!)
Together these two repair their relationship, deal with past family trauma (alcoholic, abusive father) while sharing some long-held secrets.
Be prepared to cry with this one but also enjoy all the kookiness of Grace’s Elvis-obsesssed mother.
I loved the anxiety rep in this book (Grace) and the way the story deals with familial trauma and terminal illness. There’s even some romance in the form of a childhood friend.
Great on audio and highly recommended for fans of Jesse Q Sutanto, Roselle Lim or Rachel Gibson’s How Lulu lost her mind (another mother-daughter road trip story).
Much thanks to @readforeverpub for a beautiful finished copy!! This is one debut you don’t want to miss and I’m excited to read more from Kristen!
DNF; I hated the main character. She is honestly just mean to her mother and I don’t appreciate that