Wildly Crafty

Protagonist Ginger Walsh is a forty-something, single woman who finds herself living in her parents F.R.O.G (Finished Room Over the Garage).  She’s got a boyfriend with commitment issues, an artistic cat semi-sarcastically named Boyfriend, and she is working on a half-hearted attempt at a career making jewelry out of beach glass.  Her aging hippie mother wants to sell the house and move to a retirement community but her dad is determined to stay right where they are.

Proclaiming herself childfree by choice, Ginger nevertheless spends much of her time babysitting for her sister Geri’s kids.  So it just seems natural for her to shepherd nephew Riley out to Cape Cod when he gets a small part in a B-movie.   On the set she meets a handsome gaffer and succumbs to his charms just a little, which leads to insinuations by the other mothers on just how Riley got his part. Sister Geri is so wrapped up in her upcoming 50th birthday that she can’t focus on anything else, unless of course it’s berating Ginger about her poor life choices.

This is one of those books that makes for the perfect beach read.  It’s not too long, not too intellectually demanding, and yet the characters are engaging and funny and just a little over-the-top.   A warm and witty romantic comedy with just the right amount of serious relationship insight.   Sisters will recognize each other in these pages, as they watch Geri and Ginger find themselves and each other.