Many thanks to NetGalley and Berkley Publishing Group for gifting me a digital ARC of Colleen Oakley's new book - 5 wonderful stars!
Tanner left college after an injury ended her soccer career and she had to move back home with her parents. She's angry, and sits around feeling sorry for herself. When her mom tells her she needs to move out and do something with her life, she grudgingly takes the job of live-in nanny, watching over an elderly neighbor, Louise, who is recovering from hip surgery. Louise's kids forced help on her and she is not happy about it. These two women basically exist together until things start happening - Tanner sees a news report with a woman who looks remarkably like Louise, talking about a decades-old crime. Then Louise wakes Tanner up in the middle of the night and their adventure together really begins.
I loved everything about this book - definitely Oakley's best yet! It's laugh-out-loud funny (especially the texts between Louise's kids), it's poignant, it's the best road trip story. It's women sticking up and standing up for each other. A reminder that "Nothing in life goes accord to plan" and "Everyone has their shit." You will fall in love with these characters and their interactions. And that ending was perfection! A must read and fingers crossed that it becomes a big screen hit as well!
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