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was a nice, simple read portraying a mother and son's journey through the process of divorce and the feelings that engenders.
The characters were likeable, the diction had shining moments, and I enjoyed the image of Drew running Mark through the gamut out of a sense of love toward his mother.
Very realistic. I could relate to all of the characters, A family called the Marsh's live in Palm Key, Florida, A nice and small town where George the father is a elementary school principal who left Linda his wife, Mandy,George,Jr, and Drew there three children.
For a fifth grade teacher who was Mandy's teacher, The problems of the divorce are told in chapters by the poor old mom, Linda, and theyear old Drew.
The emotional things that happen in this story are mostly true, Linda works as a clerk at the town dump in the payroll office, later Drew has an accident with the doctor's mark Haley Mercedes.
Then Mark decides to hire Linda to work in his office, eventually Mark and Linda fall in love, But then bad things happen the roof gives way, also the roofer Rex sneaks into Linda's bedroom! Linda makes many calls after that Linda gets a list of numbers, soon the dog dies, and a new dog must be found and named, life of the Marsh's is never easy.
Truly, I would give this book,if I could. I really enjoyed this read, I recently saw themade for television film adaptation, and although the film wasn't what I

would call "good", many aspects of it quite charmed me, so when I found out it was from a book, I simply had to read it.
The book is DEFINITELY higher quality than the film,

I love the two main characters, the story's two narrators, Linda the recently divorced mother of three and Drew heryear old son.
They are both relatably flawed and goodhearted characters with sharp wit and a wonderful sense of humor, The narrative is somewhat dated in that it allows a lot of what would now be considered politically incorrect opinions.
But in a way I enjoyed this aspect of it, because it made the characters feel more honest somehow and less designed purely to meet the reader's preconceived expectations.
It also provided an appropriate sense of time and societal temperament in order to fully appreciate the backdrop of the story.


There were a few times when the more "tell" over "show" style of the writing made me wish I could have experienced some of the scenes in a more fleshed out form rather just be told after the fact that things happened, times when I would have liked to have read the characters' dialogue for a conversation written out rather than read something like, "and then I told him all about what had happened to me and what I was afraid of, and he was very sweet and said all the right supportive things at the right times" my invented example, not a quote from the book.
But overall, the experience was very visceral and memorable, The sense of place a small town on Florida's gulf coast was VERY strong, and I relished the experience of life in a place I've never spent much time and found myself enchanted by the beauty of the environment.


The humor was lovely, and that's saying something since words like "humor" or "funny" on a book cover are much more likely to make me put a book down than want to read it.
:D. But this author struck a perfect balance between amusing antics and the serious emotions of a genuine human story,

This book may not be to everyone's taste, but for me it was a lovely experience, one I'm likely to return to at some point in my reading future.
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Friends of American Writers Award, Once upon a time, in the small town of Palm Key, Florida, there was a model family, The father, George, was the gradeschool principal, The mother, Linda, loved George, And both loved their three happy childrenDrew, Mandy, and George the Second, Then George the First dumped Linda for Mandy's fifthgrade teacher, The story, which Linda and Drew take turns telling, is filled with the courage that families thrive on, "A refreshingly sweet story of a newly divorced mother struggling to keep her family together, " Publishers Weekly, starred "Gently humorous and deftly written, "Miami Herald. .