Jennifer Frank

This story is set in my hometown and favorite city Boston’s Back Bay, also my favorite part of the city. I liked Alison a lot as a character. The story-line was good and I thoroughly enjoyed the way that the story unfolded. I thought that the author writing about domestic violence the way that she did was very well written and respectful. I really was not sure which direction Alison would go in as a final career choice but she made a great choice in the end. I would definitely read more books from this authorThis review was originally posted on … (meer)

Elinor Hobbs is dead, but she leaves a curious legacy in Jennifer Frank’s Getting It Right The Second Time Around. Elinor’s pithy comments head the chapters with thought-provoking relevance. And her legacy demands that Alison reverse the decisions of her past if she wants to inherit a minor fortune. The question, of course, is whose life Alison wants to live—her own, the one her one-time boyfriend demanded, an unknown new life with a new romantic attractions, or the life this legacy seems to command from her.

Unfulfilled, unhappy except when helping others, uncertain of what she has to offer, and unwilling to see the value in herself, Alison proves to be a canny counselor, generous neighbor, and unstintingly busy young woman—too busy and too wounded to counsel herself. Friends ask if she’s asked God about her future, but God doesn’t offer pat answers in this low-key Christian tale. Instead Alison’s left to work it out.

Describing Alison’s conflicted emotions, society’s trials and tribulations, and the streets of Boston all with equal aplomb, the author may be sometimes wordy, but this story kept me eagerly reading and left me happily satisfied.

Disclosure: I was given a free ecopy and I offer my honest review.… (meer)