Calling Home

Don't know why I am only now alerting my 15 readers to the presence of this book in the world.

Full disclosure: I am related to the author, Rebecca Flowers, though not by blood (just incredible affection).

So, but anyway, in the interest of perhaps alerting one perfect reader for this perfect summer confection of a story, here goes.

Our heroine, Prudence Whistler, is the kind of person who likes to have her life all planned out, and when we meet her, pretty much everything she'd worked for has blown up in her face. Fired from her job, then unceremoniously dumped by her wimp of a boyfriend, she finds herself with no Plan B.

Luckily, Prudence Whistler is also the kind of person who finds clean pajamas and a DVD of The Godfather to be the perfect spiritual solace. She's tough, tougher than she ever imagined. And she becomes the unwilling companion to a spastic, ill-tempered cat. And her single-mom sister shows up, pulling lots of baggage behind her. Then there's the cute but gruff guy who owns the coffee shop up the street...

The book is witty, often wise, always warm, and definitely a lovely way to unwind.

Yes, it's summer, people. Escape.