G1115 Book Review for What we do for love by Anne Pfeffer
Author: Anne Pfeffer
ISBN: 978-1-7338220-0-8
Publisher: Self published
Type of book: California, teenage pregnancy, reliance, art, money, day by day, modern day
Year it was published: 2019
Summary:
"If Lorelai Gilmore of Gilmore Girls was dropped into a thriller, it might resemble this appealing novel." --Kirkus Reviews
Winner of Chick Lit category -- 2019 Next Generation Indie Book Awards
Thirty-eight-year-old Nicole has given up on finding love. The single mother prefers to focus on a few things that she cherishes--her sixteen-year-old son Justin, her friends, and her art.
When she convinces a major museum to show a piece of her work, and she thinks her career has finally turned a corner, her son brings home a girl, Daniela, to spend the night. Daniela's parents have thrown her out of the house: she is pregnant with Justin's child.
Shattered, Nicole feels she has no choice but to take the girl in. She finds herself falling in love with Daniela, but increasingly troubled by the behavior of the girl’s icy, tormented mom and hard-drinking, hard-fisted dad.
Nicole struggles as fear and deceit enter her formerly peaceful life. Forced to deal with people she doesn't trust or like, fearful for the future of both her son and the grandchild they're expecting, Nicole wonders if she can do what she tells Justin to do: always have faith in yourself and do the right thing.
What We Do for Love: A Novel is a standalone story written by award-winning author Anne Pfeffer.
Characters:
Main character in the tale is Nicole Adams, a previously divorced single mother of a sixteen-year-old son, Justin. Nicole is a talented potter who wants to branch out into art instead of doing commercial work, and she is surrounded by strong support from family and friends. She is resourceful, has a big heart and often tries to keep peace. Secondary characters would be her son Justin, an intelligent sixteen year old young man who desires to attend an ivy league school as well as his girlfriend Daniela who comes from less than ideal circumstances and who is pregnant with Justin's baby. There is also Nicole's older sister whose husband is trying to find himself, and ultimately Daniela's mother who is fleeing an abusive relationship and who has important secrets she is hiding.
Theme:
Expect the unexpected
Plot:
The story is in first person narrative from Nicole's point of view, and it takes place over a month or so as Nicole gets unexpected visitors in her house, as well as realization that out of those visitors she is the only with a steady job and steady income. A lot of the plot is focused on trying to live day by day with unexpected visitors as well as worrying about the future and trying to lighten the situation. There are no dramatic secrets to unearth but instead its focused on a slice of life.
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Meet the Author:
Award-winning novelist Anne Pfeffer grew up in Phoenix, Arizona reading prodigiously and riding horses. After working in Chicago and New York, she escaped back to the land of sunshine in Los Angeles.
She has worked in banking and as a pro bono attorney, representing abandoned children in adoption and guardianship proceedings. Anne has a daughter living in New York and is the author of four books in the YA/New Adult genres.
Connect with the author: Website ~ Twitter
Opinion:
To be honest, I think I was expecting a lot more from the story than I got. First of all, yay that it features a single mother with a son (My son is a toddler) and I also liked that despite the stereotypes and so forth, she is portrayed as a bread-winner and is more concerned with her child rather than finding a relationship. I also loved the strong familial support she got from her friends and family and that there was much more to her than just being on the surface. Having said that, the ending ruined the tale for me to be honest, and I have a more difficult time believing in it. There is romance, but as mentioned, the main objective is for Nicole to figure out what she is going to do about her son and his pregnant girlfriend as well as a number of unexpected guests.
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3 out of 5
(0: Stay away unless a masochist 1: Good for insomnia 2: Horrible but readable; 3: Readable and quickly forgettable, 4: Good, enjoyable 5: Buy it, keep it and never let it go.)
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