Publisher: BywaterBooks
Fiction
“Sometimes, I think my
story is about addiction and adultery. Other times, I think it's about bad luck
with the Avon lady. And not just one—one I could chalk up to chance. Two rotten
Avon ladies feel more like a curse.
So begins the story of Poppy Koslowski. She's trying to
recover from a hysterectomy, but her family has other ideas. She's the one with
the legal right to call time on her alcoholic grandfather in North Carolina. So
she's dragged back across the country from her rebuilt life into the bosom of a
family who barely notice the old man's imminent death.
Poppy understands why her grandfather is dying alone. She
remembers how his drinking terrorized his family. But she also remembers the
man who made her feel worthwhile and wanted after her parents' marriage
collapsed, a time when she felt like she was dying alone.
Plunged into a crazy kaleidoscope of consulting doctors,
catching fire with an old flame, and negotiating lunch venues with her mother
and grandmother, Poppy still manages to fall in love. With her best friend.
Because nothing in the Koslowski family is ever straightforward.”
Review:
4.0 out of 5 Stars
I admit I originally judged this book by its cover and put
it into my, maybe read, as a last resort, column. I don’t know why, I just didn’t like the
cover. Why I would decide to reject a
book solely on the cover makes no sense at all since I do 99% of my reading on
my Kindle, but let’s face it, the cover art catches my eye, it makes me take a
closer look at the book, and causes me to read the product description. Yes, it’s ultimately the description or
someone’s recommendation that makes me buy a book but the artwork is what grabs
my attention. It’s why I love book
stores. I like walking through the aisles
and seeing the cover art
Fortunately for me, I’m part of an online book group and
this is the book they are reading for February.
I’m new to the group and I wanted to participate in a least some small
way. So I sucked it up and bought the
book. Well you know the adage; don’t
judge a book by its cover; that couldn’t be any truer in this instance.
Shaken and Stirred is a quirky and fun novel. On more than one occasion I was laughing out
loud and had to explain to L what I was laughing at. The novel is written in a way that tell’s
Poppy’s story and relates childhood events to her current life situation.
When I first started reading the book I did find myself a little
confused as the story worked it’s way back and forth between current day events
and childhood memories but it didn’t take long for me as the reader to get into
the flow of the story and how the author switched back and forth.
I don’t know that I
would personally classify this as a romance novel, in my opinion this is a
great fiction story and now I have
another author I can Copyright © C.A. Bailey 2010 - 2012, All Rights Reserved.
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