The search for happiness turns a womans life upside down in a warm, quirky, and bighearted novel about the joys and chaos of finding love by the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners.
After too many dates, thirtysomething Mimi Perkins is still single, unmoored, and longing for love. So when Ren Yardleya handsome, divorced fellow drama teacher and single fatherfalls in love with her and proposes, shes sure this is at last the good news her psychic predicted.
Soon after proposing, Ren receives the devastating news that his ex-wife has been in a debilitating car accident, prompting him to temporarily move back into his former home to care for her and his daughters. The unfailingly loyal Ren also wants to keep Mimi close, so she packs up her life in New York City and follows him to New Haven, Connecticut. There, she finds a job and unexpected community at a quirky local daycare. But as time goes by, it begins to seem that Ren and his estranged family might be slowly reuniting, and Mimi has to figure out what shes willing to fight for and what she needs to let go of.
One thing is for sure: she would have never guessed that her psychic was right after all. Lifes twists, turns, and disasters just might lead her to unexpected happiness.
Genre: General Fiction
After too many dates, thirtysomething Mimi Perkins is still single, unmoored, and longing for love. So when Ren Yardleya handsome, divorced fellow drama teacher and single fatherfalls in love with her and proposes, shes sure this is at last the good news her psychic predicted.
Soon after proposing, Ren receives the devastating news that his ex-wife has been in a debilitating car accident, prompting him to temporarily move back into his former home to care for her and his daughters. The unfailingly loyal Ren also wants to keep Mimi close, so she packs up her life in New York City and follows him to New Haven, Connecticut. There, she finds a job and unexpected community at a quirky local daycare. But as time goes by, it begins to seem that Ren and his estranged family might be slowly reuniting, and Mimi has to figure out what shes willing to fight for and what she needs to let go of.
One thing is for sure: she would have never guessed that her psychic was right after all. Lifes twists, turns, and disasters just might lead her to unexpected happiness.
Genre: General Fiction
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