What a cracker of a book I've finished ... Getting Sassy, by D.C Brod, which I read in audio format, starts with a dilemma for our heroine, Robyn ... how is she going to afford to keep her elderly mother Lizzie in the local care home when the money is running out, and she's just not getting enough freelance writing work to cover the expense! Enter her accountant - who helpfully points out the difficulty she already knows she is in. Robyn is then tasked with writing about a new medium in the city, and goes to a seance for research. Thus sets off a train of events that eventually lead her and her mother down a long and twisting path that ends with finding out about her father - a man she had never known. In the meantime, she gets ever closer to her accountant and somehow, they manage to come up with a plan to steal a goat - name of Sassy - and ransom it for money! There is a lot going on in this book, but not to the extent that it confuses or bothers the reader. Full of humour and humanity - the conversations between Robyn and her spiky mother have an authenticity that is refreshing. I highly recommend this book for anyone struggling to take care of an elderly relative, or maybe those who likes goats!
My star rating: FIVE.
The stats bit:
Length: 264 print pages.
Price I paid: £1.95 (on iTunes).
Other formats available in: standard print.
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