katieneedsabiggerbookshelf 's review for:

Family and Other Calamities by Leslie Gray Streeter

4.0

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Dawn hasn’t been home in a long time, but when her late husbands family wants his ashes she really can’t avoid it any longer. She does not expect Joe Perkins to be on her flight, or for her sister to working with him on the movie about his Pulitzer Prize winning story he reported many years ago. The story he stole from Dawn, but no need to get into the tiny details. Actually…yes need. When Dawn finally les the world know who did the hard work behind the story, chaos and lawsuits ensue. 

 

Oh did this book make me mad! Well actually, just Joe did, but dang did he get me super fired up! I loved that we got a look at both the past when Dawn found the story/found out about Joe stealing it, and the present where she is finally sticking up for herself and letting the world know the truth. The relationship with her late husband’s brother definitely took a turn I did not expect, but I really adored how it turned out. This book will infuriate you for Dawn, while also wanting to shake some sense into her for some of her decisions, but hey, don’t we all have moments that someone should have shaken us out of? I really enjoyed this book and the ending was just perfection! 

 

Thank you to @lakeunionauthors and @otrpr for my gifted copy of this book!