Wow. Ms. Timmer packs alot into this novel.
To be honest, I misread the title when I pieked it up from the library. I thought it said detectives and thought I was reading a mystery.
While I wasn't quite right, there is a mystery at the heart of this story.
Be prepared for the emotional roller coaster provided by each of the characters as their stories unfold through Markie's lens.
We could use a few more Mrs. Saints in the world, those people who reach out to those in need and make a difference in their lives.
Have you ever picked up a book thinking it was one thing and it turne out to be another? Did you still enjoy the book?
Markie, a fortysomething divorcée who has suffered a humiliating and very public fall from marital, financial, and professional grace, moves, along with her teenage son, Jesse, to a new town, hoping to lick her wounds in private. But Markie and Jesse are unable to escape the attention of their new neighbor Mrs. Saint, an irascible, elderly New European woman who takes it upon herself, along with her ragtag group of “defectives,” to identify and fix the flaws in those around her, whether they want her to or not.
What Markie doesn’t realize is that Mrs. Saint has big plans for the divorcée’s broken spirit. Soon, the quirky yet endearing woman recruits Markie to join her eccentric community, a world where both hidden truths and hope unite them. But when Mrs. Saint’s own secrets threaten to unravel their fragile web of healing, it’s up to Markie to mend these wounds and usher in a new era for the “defectives”—one full of second chances and happiness.
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