The Proper Care & Maintenance Of Friendship (2012) - Plot & Excerpts
I first read Lisa's book "One good friend deserves another" and I loved it so much. It made me feel in a way a bit sad as I would have loved a group of friends like that but as I spent so much time moving around, it just didn't work out. Thank goodness, now though for the internet as I do have a great group of friends online who I can chat to about anything and have a set of good laughs. I enjoyed Lisa's book so much, that I decided to check out what else she had written and came across her earlier book "The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship". In this book we meet four friends Rachel , Jo, Kate and Sarah - they meet when they were younger and now have moved on with their lives but always stayed close. This novel is all about facing your fears and finding out who you really are and what you are capable off. The novel starts off with Rachel passing away and the three remaining friends recieving letters , each containing a dying wish from Rachel and a list of instructions for them to complete that wish. For Kate, now a mother and wife - her whole life is planned and mundane at times. Prior motherhood Kate was the life of the party and now in order to pump that spice back into her life, Rachel has challenged her to go sky-jumping. In going sky-jumping will Kate re-discover her passion in life for adventure but at the same time will she lose her marriage as she starts to wonder - What If and is she really happy in her life ? Sarah, has only ever loved one person in her life and for the past fourteen years she has been holding a place for him in her heart , Rachel challenges Sarah to go and find him and to see whether it is true romance or time for closure. When Sarah does find him , the chemistry is still sizzling , but is it real or just in the moment ? It seems Sarah has captured the eye of fellow work colleague Sam ? Is Sam her Mr. Right ? and last, but not least Jo - she is the least likely one of them to ever have children , but she has deep down in her the mothering instincts. Will Jo readily accept Rachel's wishes as guardian of her daughter Grace ?Find out all this and more in the amazing Sisterhood novel of "The Proper Care and Maintenance of Friendship" by Lisa Verge Higgins and if you haven't checked out her other book "One good friend deserves another" do so. This book really makes you think about the past present and future. It makes you take a look at your friends and reevaluate everything! The only thing I can say negative without giving anything away is that at the end it kind of just skips and closes. I had such a deep connection going with these characters it kind of caught me off guard and wished there was just a little bit more. Definitely worth the read!
What do You think about The Proper Care & Maintenance Of Friendship (2012)?
It was a pretty good book. I cried at the last chapter and the last letter that was written.
—kevincyk
Author wrote romance novels. this is her first book of women's fiction. YUK. Abandoned it.
—noom
Quick read. Surprisingly light (mood, not weight) given the subject matter.
—kaja
