A review by wordage
Better Luck Next Time by Julia Claiborne Johnson

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

4.5

 It was very charming and warm, full of that golden age banter. The dialog was so clever and every character was so endearing in their own way. It's a romp of a sort like those old American classics. I also loved getting to see the unconventionality and tenderness of a friendship formed between these two women and this man, especially given their roles on the ranch. I felt so charmed by ward, what a sweetheart. 

It was sad at turns and made me feel scared of growing old, conscious of my youth and the brevity of it. But in a hopeful reflective way. It in itself was not a sad book.

It's always startlingly to me, anytime an elderly person is recounting their life, to hear how many people in their lives die at one point or another - which is silly, we all die. Eventually.