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Book Description from Back Cover: Everybody in the small town of Chapel Springs,
Georgia, knows best friends Claire Bennett and Patsy Kowalski. It's impossible
not to, what with Claire's zany antics and Patsy's self-appointed mission to
keep her friend out of trouble. And trouble abounds.
During an early morning discussion at Dees 'n'
Doughs bakery with their ladies group, all Chapel Springs entrepreneurs,
attention is drawn to the slackened tourist trade. With their livelihoods
threatened, they join forces to address the town's revitalization in hopes of
drawing back the tourists. No one could have guessed the real issue needing
restoration is their marriages.
Claire, a pottery artist, stumbles through life,
usually with her foot in her mouth. When she became a Christian, she thought
life and her marriage would be included in the new creation part. But her thighs
are just as big and her husband, Joel, is as ornery as ever. She's become
nothing more than a sheet-changer, a towel-folder, a pancake-flipper. Her life
is just humdrum and she's tired of being taken for granted.
Patsy has plans for her empty nest, plans that
include a cruise ship. However, her husband, Nathan, continues to work long
hours, and he's not talking about slowing down. In fact, he's not talking much
at all. She's asleep long before he comes home each night. At first she thought
it was just because of tax season, but now she's not so sure. Something other
than work seems to keep him late at the office every night. With the lines of
communication closed, she'll have to find another way to reach
him.
With their marriages as much in need of restoration
as the town, Claire and Patsy embark on a mission of mishaps and
miscommunication, determined to restore warmth to Chapel Springs —and their
lives. That is if they can convince their husbands and the town council, led by
two curmudgeons who would prefer to see Chapel Springs left in the fifties and
closed to traffic.
Christian, Humorous
ISBN: 9781941103418
Quote “With fiends like Claire, you need a gurney, a mop, and a guardian angel.”
Best friends Claire Bennett and Pasty Kowalski live in Chapel Springs, Georgia. With the help of entrepreneurs in the community they try to revive their tired little town and restore their marriages. As they make changes to improve their town and marriages they stumble from one hilarious situation to another. I found the antics of Claire to be quite funny. I especially laughed when she fell in an open grave and had to be rescued. It seems that life around Claire was anything but boring. She was always in need of rescuing and often it was her buddy Pasty giving her a helping hand. If there was one thing to take away from this fascinating story it would be communication is everything. I give this comical story 4 stars and highly recommend it. The author Ane Mulligan did a great job of filling her characters with animation, joy and laughter. I can only wonder how much come from real life, because you really can not make some of this up. This was my first book I read by her but I can not wait to find another.
I want to give a high-five to the author Ane Mulligan and Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolines for bringing compelling Christian books that are entertaining and bring laughter to the reader with stories of faith. The Book Club Network Inc. provided me with this book in exchange for my honest review and I am so grateful for their, the authors and publishers generosity.
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