Josey Cirrini has lived in this small ski town her entire life. At 27, she lives at home with her mother and takes care of her, driving her to meetings, picking up groceries, and being her companion. It's a dull life, and her mother is not nice. The highlight of her day is when the mail is delivered, and she rushes down to have a two sentence conversation with the mailman.
To cope, Josey keeps a stash of snacks and romance novels in her closet. But one day she opens it to find a stowaway, Della Lee Baker, the town vagrant, is squatting there hiding from her life.
This starts off a series of events that pushes Josey out of her comfort zone, away from her steady, boring and meanial life of servitude to her mother, and into her own.
I loved this book. Josey is loveable and relateable and the little side mystery keeps things moving. The chapters all being named after sweets was very cute, and like Allen's last novel, the magic is all here.
Chloe becomes Josey's first friend. Chloe has this wonderful little habit that books appear before her whenever she is in need of them. As a child, bored over the summer, a book of magic tricks and card games appeared at her feet. As an adult, dealing with a cheating boyfriend, the book Finding Forgiveness haunts her as she sorts it all out.
It was endearing. I liked it a lot and the twist at the end ... I should have seen coming, but I didn't. Which that moment when you go, "Oh my gosh I should have known!" is just awesome. I can't wait for Allen's next book, The Girl Who Chased the Moon, next March!
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