I needed light-hearted palette cleansers after the last couple of months. These two definitely fit the bill.
Last Summer at the Golden Hotel by Elyssa Friedland is billed as Dirty Dancing meets The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Two Jewish families started a resort in the Catskills sixty years ago and now after the death of one of the founders, the remaining owners as well as kids and grandkids reunite to determine whether to save the hotel open or sell. Family secrets are spilled, generations clash (grandma at goat yoga?) and love sparks. It's a great summer read.
Flying Solo by Linda Holmes is another good summer read. Laurie's beloved 93-year-old never married Aunt Dot has died, her home a refuge while growing up in a house full of four brothers, and she travels to her hometown in Maine to close out her estate. She reunites with her best friend and first love to go through all the photos and other memorabilia of Dot's life. In the process she finds a wood carved duck that she feels has a deeper story and hires an antique dealer to help move some of the more valuable items. What follows is a con, a reckoning, a lovely surprise and the considerations involved in defining a life on your own terms. Great characters and a delightful ending.
TBR List:
- The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store by James McBride
- The Honey-Don't List by Christina Lauren
- The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
- City of Girls by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Blue Love: Blue Valley High by MJ Fields
- Demon Copperhead by Barbara Kingsolver
- The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese
- Homecoming by Kate Morton
- Life Worth Living by Miroslav Volf, Matthew. Croasmun, Ryan McAnnally-Lins
- Outlive by Peter Attia, Bill Gifford
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