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Lisa Roe
NAMED ONE OF USA TODAY'S BEST READS OF 2022"Discovering you're fiercer than you ever dreamed!" —Abbi WaxmanMoving to a new town is hard enough to navigate even without the challenges of the tween years, the mean girls, and the helicopter neighbors.When single mom Ginny remarries and moves with her quirky daughter from Queens to a leafy, beautiful suburb in New Jersey, she has no idea what she's getting into. Though she's never been impressed by material things, she is thrilled that getting a second chance at love comes with the added bonus of finally giving eleven-year-old Harri everything she never could before.And then she meets the neighbors. Including the woman who has her eye on Ginny's new husband..."We need Lisa Roe's side-eye on a fresh start for everyone, with neighbors who put it all at risk." —ANN GARVIN, USA Today bestselling author of I Thought You Said This Would Work"A story about keeping one's feet firmly planted while simultaneously dreaming big." —KATHLEEN WEST, author of Are We There Yet?
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Author
Lisa Roe
Pages
304
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published Date
2022-04-05
ISBN
1728249074 9781728249070
Ratings
Google: 4
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"I loved this book! At first at I thought the main character would just let things happen to her but she stands up for herself and loved it!"
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Ashley Partridge
"This story was fun and lighthearted with some drama and seriousness thrown in the mix as well. It's especially great if you're a fan of Gilmore Girls with Lorelei and Rory but instead of being in the quaint town of Stars Hollow, it's like the town of Desperate Housewives.<br/>The narrator, Emma Love, did a fantastic job with this story. She did all the characters' voices and I couldn't tell that she was the only narrator. I wondered if there was more than one narrator so it's always been amazing to me how well some narrators like Emma can do. She does great at the voices, bringing the characters to life and drawing you into the story and bringing the world, etc. to life also.<br/>In this book, Ginny, a single mom, and her daughter, 11-year-old Harri, move to a posh neighborhood from the 'wrong side of town' with Jeff, who was divorced and married Ginny. They move into the house that Jeff lived in with his ex-wife and things become complicated as they try to fit in this new neighborhood with these new more upscale neighbors. Ginny and Harri have to navigate and figure things out with PTA Moms, mean girls, and real housewife contenders. When secrets, bad behavior and the like take a toll on Ginny and Harri and their new marriage/family, Ginny has to decide what's important and what to protect.<br/>This does have a bit of content that could be triggering with attempted rape, death of a loved one/cancer, divorce, bullying, and possibly touching on the subject of unhealthy eating related to bullying. This is a rather fun and lighthearted read that leaves you feeling happy and uplifted after the end even though there are some hard things and emotional parts in it too.<br/>Make sure to pick this one up and give it a listen. Thanks so much to NetGalley and Dreamscape Media for letting me listen and review this ALC (Advanced Listening Copy). All thoughts and opinions are my own."
Annette W
