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    Three Good Things: A Novel
    Three Good Things: A Novel
    Three Good Things: A Novel
    Audiobook7 hours

    Three Good Things: A Novel

    Written by Wendy Francis

    Narrated by Madeleine Maby

    3.5/5

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    Sisterhood, motherhood, marriage, baking, and books—these are a few of the things that make this delightful novel a recipe for getting through the tough stuff of life—from the author of The Summer Sail and The Summer of Good Intentions.

    Ellen McClarety, a recent divorcée, has opened a new bake shop in her small Midwestern town, hoping to turn her life around by dedicating herself to the traditional Danish pastry called kringle. She is no longer saddled by her ne’er-do-well husband, but the past still haunts her—sometimes by showing up on her doorstep. Her younger sister, Lanie, is a successful divorce attorney with a baby at home. But Lanie is beginning to feel that her perfect life is not as perfect as it seems. Both women long for the guidance of their mother, who died years ago but left them with lasting memories of her love and a wonderful piece of advice: “At the end of every day, you can always think of three good things that happened.”

    Ellen and Lanie are as close as two sisters can be, until one begins keeping a secret that could forever change both their lives. Wearing her big Midwestern heart proudly on her sleeve, Wendy Francis skillfully illuminates the emotional lives of two women with humor and compassion, weaving a story destined to be shared with a friend, a mother, or a sister.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2013
    ISBN9781442355835
    Author

    Wendy Francis

    Wendy Francis is the author of five novels: Summertime Guests, Bad Behavior, The Summer Sail, The Summer of Good Intentions, and Three Good Things. She is a former book editor whose work has appeared in Good Housekeeping, The Washington Post, Redbook, Yahoo Parenting, Salon, HuffPost, and WBUR’s Cognoscenti. She lives outside of Boston with her husband and son.

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    • 2/5
      This was just an okay book for me. I didn't really care about any of the characters. I kept waiting for something to happen like Rob or Lanie to have an affair but nothing did. I wasn't sure what the point of the story was. The blurb on the back makes it sound like there's a big dark secret, which I was waiting for but it turned out to be kind of a nonevent. Not bad as far as chicklit goes but not a show stopper.
    • 5/5
      Sweet fast read for complete escapism.
    • 3/5
      My take:This was an ok book as far as I was concerned. I liked the closeness of Ellen and Lanie even though they had quite a bit of an age difference. I see this closeness between my two daughters. I liked that the author told the story from three different points of view the two sisters and Lanie's husband. I was a bit frustrated at Ellen's wishy washy ness when it came to her exhusband and I thought at her age she would have more of a grasp of what was good for her and what wasn't. I thought that her relationship with Henry was cute and that Henry was a great guy. There were several unanswered questions at the end and I found her ex husbands confession at the end a bit unbelievable. Seems like alot of drama happens in small towns. I liked the way each chapter opened with a quote from a book that was appropriate to the character the chapter was about.I thought that the narrator did a good job. Not really anything remarkable but a good job.I was sent a review download from Simon and Schuster Audio in exchange for my honest opinion