illstoptheworldandreadwithyou 's review for:

Everything's Coming Up Rosie by Courtney Walsh

3.75

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Sometimes life takes you exactly where you need to be in the most unexpected of ways. After struggling to break through for years as an actor in New York, Rosie Waterman finds herself taking a job as director of a regional theatre production in Door County, Wisconsin. At least she’ll still be working on the stage. 

 

The thing is, though, that Rosie didn’t exactly read the job description very thoroughly when she applied. 

 

And it’s not exactly the type of regional theatre she is expecting. 

 

Rosie has signed on to direct seniors in a retirement community production of Cinderella, and both they and she are in for an adjustment. 

 

Rosie, bless her heart, is a bit clueless in many ways. Although she’s in her late 20s, this is still a coming of age novel of sorts. There is a bit of a summer romance—that we, as readers, of course, are hoping will extend past the final days of summer—but much of the focus is on Rosie, herself, opening up, gaining confidence, and finding the fun in life again and how, in the process, she impacts the lives of those around her. 

 

Arthur, a particular, occasionally curmudgeonly, but highly insightful resident and theatre devotee was my absolute favorite part of the book. 

 

Jorjeana Marie captures Rosie’s youthfulness so well in the audiobook version, but I didn’t love her voices for the male characters. 

 

I received an advance copy of the audiobook Thomas Nelson and Zondervan Fiction Audio and read a traveling ARC of the book. All review opinions are my own.