โ Scribed by Maddie Dawson
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Warmhearted, insightful, funny
and poignant, bestselling author Maddie Dawson takes the unfathomable ways of
love and family, and celebrates [the joys of] the ordinary craziness of being
human.
You know what people really need? Somebody who will listen hard and then find a
way to tell them, Its not all your fault.
Its going to work out fine. Dont give up.So advice columnist Dear Lily Brown deeply believes.
But Lily
could write a letter to herself, asking what to do about an ex-husband who
still wants her dating advice, how to redecorate the family home shes kept
exactly the same since her parents died tragically young, and how to move on
with her strangely becalmed lifeAnd oh, yes, what to do when your wild-child
estranged sister storms back into town,
blowing your nicely arranged life into disarray.
Quite wonderful. . . . Like Anne Tyler, Shelton seems to
possess a nearly boundless capacity for empathy. She has the ability to make us
love her characters for their faults, not in spite of them. Connecticut
Post
As her protagonist tries to learn that she cannot and does
not have to control everyone around her and tries to enjoy the "fun"
of a dysfunctional family life, Dawson delves into family relationships with
humor and empathy, making this a pleasurable read. Booklist
Sheltons greatest talent is a gift for juxtaposing comedy
and tragedy to the pulsing beat of the modern-day mating dance. BookPage
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