“A road trip of discovery and friendship building, a mild, enjoyable ride”. ~ Sheila

When 21 year old Tanner Quimbley suffers an injury that ends her dream, she turns into a recluse, living in her parents home, holed up in her room playing video games. At about the time that Tanner’s mother has had enough of her “Failure to Launch” daughter; 83 year old Louise Wilt slips on the rug in her home and her daughter insists she has someone stay with her. 

What starts out is a win-win for all involved…. Tanner moves out of her parents and takes a room in Louise’s home, still playing her videos games and only showing her face when she drives Loise to an appointment or the store, and Louise still loving her independence and enjoying her crossword puzzles and self appointed happy hour. 

Yet in a short time, Louise’s occasionally strange behavior has Tanners attention, and when a news report flashes an artists rendition of what the mastermind behind a jewelry heist from years ago looks strangely like the woman she is carrying for…

Tanner is about to realize that her ward has a little more to her than what meets the eye, and for that matter…. so does Tanner.

I listened to this book on audio while painting the front room to my home… for the record, it is Sherwin Williams, Peppercorn (I love paint names!)

This book was selected by the Bookies Book Club for our January read. I personally found the book to be enjoyable, but light. It’s a good smooth story that is both heartwarming and interesting, but there is no big wild happening, and I questioned what our book club would discuss. In a word… it was fun and on a scale of 1 – 5 I gave it a 3, an average read.

While my rating for the book was a 3, the Bookies discussion was a 5. We had a great discussion around friendships and shared some stories of first impressions (and being wrong ;P ), as well as friendships that survive the test of time – and where age does not matter. 

The Bookies, for the most part gave the book a higher rating than I did, giving it an above average rating over all.

Would I recommend this book? Yes. If you are looking for something easy to get into and enjoyable all around – pick up The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise.