bsmith27 's review for:

Comfort & Joy by Kristin Hannah

2.0

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Joy is a divorced high school librarian who is disappointed in her life. She had found her husband in her bed with her sister. She wants to travel and so she on the spur of the moment flies on a chartered plane to Washington. On the way the plane crashes. She wakes up and walks away from the crash without telling anyone. She stumbles into an old bed and breakfast and a small boy checks her in. The next day joy learns that the boy, Bobby recently lost his mother and his father has moved back to care for him. Daniel wants to move Bobby to Boston. Joy helps Bobby learn to read and to feel better about his mother's death. Then joy wakes up in a hospital and realizes it was all a dream. She had been in a coma since the crash. She is so upset she continues to try to find Bobby and Daniel. She mends her relationship with her sister. Then she does find Daniel and Bobby. They welcome her because she was the imaginary friend of Bobby.
This story seemed great although I found it unbelievable that she walked away from the plane crash unharmed. Then when I realized it was a dream I thought the story would show her that she needed changes in her life. Then Daniel and Bobby turned out to be real people. That was a little too far for me. Also she might have forgiven her sister but their relationship shouldn't ever be the same. She was sleeping with her husband in her bed. A good friend doesn't do that.