bookyogi 's review for:

One Two Three by Laurie Frankel

4.0

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I am so happy to have found this author, first with “This Is Always How It Is” and now “One Two Three.” Frankel’s characters are unique and alive in ways that jump off the page. Beloved Mitchel triplets who live in a small town fraught with the dramatic aftermath of chemical pollution twenty some years before. Mab (one) carries her own burden of being the “normal” one. Monday (two) who took all the books from the library that weren’t sold off upon its closing and keeps in various areas, all through the house. She is able to find the book you need which is not usually the one you ask for. She is beautifully unique and endearing. Mirabel (three) is confined to a chair unable to move but for a perfectly able hand. She is intelligent, insightful, kind, caring, and beloved by the town of Bourne. The heroines of this story are different than your normal heroes, as are the villains. The gray area is wide and the story is engaging from the first page to the last.