A review by erinecarroll
I Like You Just Fine When You're Not Around by Ann Garvin

5.0

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I was not expecting to love this book as much as I did! The characters had so much dimension and were so easy to relate to. There were so many great quotes throughout the novel and so many parts that had me laughing out loud.

- I loved when Tig had her session with the Harmeyers and ended up calling Newman a prick.
- The callers on Tig's on-air show that spilled their marriage problems.
- Fern was a great character, she had me laughing a lot.
- Tig being reunited with Wendy and watching their relationship grow.
- Trying to figure out the family secret and the clues (the bracelet and the poem on the back of the picture)
- Tig taking care of Clementine

"Happiness is a side effect. It's a secondary happening, but not the main event. Happiness is what you feel when you've been kind, fair, or loving in the face of hardness. It is the feeling of light that comes after behaving the way you ultimately want."

"Worry is what you do when there is nothing to be done."

I hope that Tig ends up with Alec. In my world, this book ends with Tig surrounded by her family (Wendy, Clementine, Hallie, Thatcher, Alec, Erin, and Jeff Jenson) and she opens the envelope and reveals that her father is Dr. Jenson.