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A review by okiecozyreader
Let's Pretend This Will Work by Maddie Dawson
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
fast-paced
4.25
I’ve wanted to read Matchmaking for Beginners for so long and I was excited when this was an Amazon First Reads by the same author.
This is a coming of age story, a little later in life (in her 20s opposed to her teens) for Mimi. She fell head over heels for a theater professor at her school, Ren. When his ex-wife is in a tragic accident, he rushes home to help her and she follows, but finds there isn’t much space for her. Fortunately, the building she is in has a coop daycare that she finds charming.
“The spirit guides say you’re on the personal quest of your life, and you’ve got some twists and turns ahead of you, a bit of a detour.”
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“But it ultimately all works out, like life has a way of doing.”
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The important thing is that either way, you’re going to have a big, wonderful life.” Ch 4
In the Acknowledgments, Dawson writes about her own time in New Haven in a coop daycare and all that it taught her. You can see that love in this book. It’s a story about finding your own way, dealing with family and creating a new family from mix-matched parts.
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“I am a woman on fire, operating quite outside of anything that might be called a comfort zone. I can’t even see my comfort zone in the rearview mirror.” Ch 5
“You poor man. It’s like you’ve never seen even one romantic movie about love. You don’t have any idea how regular people become each other’s families.” Ch 16
“Are we always doomed to be bumped around by people who claim they know what’s right for us?” Ch 19
This is a coming of age story, a little later in life (in her 20s opposed to her teens) for Mimi. She fell head over heels for a theater professor at her school, Ren. When his ex-wife is in a tragic accident, he rushes home to help her and she follows, but finds there isn’t much space for her. Fortunately, the building she is in has a coop daycare that she finds charming.
“The spirit guides say you’re on the personal quest of your life, and you’ve got some twists and turns ahead of you, a bit of a detour.”
…
“But it ultimately all works out, like life has a way of doing.”
…
The important thing is that either way, you’re going to have a big, wonderful life.” Ch 4
In the Acknowledgments, Dawson writes about her own time in New Haven in a coop daycare and all that it taught her. You can see that love in this book. It’s a story about finding your own way, dealing with family and creating a new family from mix-matched parts.
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“I am a woman on fire, operating quite outside of anything that might be called a comfort zone. I can’t even see my comfort zone in the rearview mirror.” Ch 5
“You poor man. It’s like you’ve never seen even one romantic movie about love. You don’t have any idea how regular people become each other’s families.” Ch 16
“Are we always doomed to be bumped around by people who claim they know what’s right for us?” Ch 19
Content Warnings
Graphic: Chronic illness and Gaslighting