The Way Life Should Be

by Christina Baker Kline

Genre:  Fiction

Is the grass always greener on the other side?  We’ve all dreamed of what would have happened had we taken a different path.  Occasionally, some of us are given an opportunity.

In The Way Life Should Be, Angela Russo is thirty-three, single, and miserable, seemingly stuck in a job she hates and a life that just snowballed from nothing intentional whatsoever.  The magazine ad featuring a picturesque cottage on the coast of Maine which she has tacked to her bulletin board represents a dream life that is virtually unattainable… that is, until Angela meets a sailing instructor online who goes by the name “MaineCatch.”  As she builds a rapport with this perfect stranger, her dreams of a perfect life become more attainable.  Suddenly, her world is turned upside down with the loss of her career, and Angela decides to pick up and move to Maine.

Of course, Angela learns that life can be complicated even in the beautiful setting in which she’s dreamed of living for so long.  The “perfect man” isn’t so perfect, and Angela finds herself alone in Maine, just as she was in her old life.  Yet, with little to return to, Angela begins to slowly build her future with very small steps.  Isn’t it funny how things seem to work out, but not at all how you planned?

Filled with wit and humor, wisdom and thoughtful reflection, The Way Life Should Be is one of those novels everyone can relate to in some way or another.  Kline gives us lots of great recipes to make our mouths water as well… very Under the Tuscan Sun!  Reserve it today, and crawl under the covers for this warm and fuzzy read.