Many thanks to Diane Peterson at The Santa Rosa Press Democrat for picking The Package Deal as one of her FAVORITE VACATION READS this summer.
She writes…
“There’s a telling moment when its non-fiction narrator, Izzy Rose, finds herself suffering a panic attack at a roadside convenience store in the Southwest.
She has left everything behind — her family and her job in San Francisco television — to follow a Southern suitor and his two sons to Austin, Texas, when reality sinks in like a Manolo Blahnik heel on her heart.
Then her new husband tells her: “You will do great things because that’s just who you are.”
And so she does, as this breezy, wise and surprisingly funny memoir attests. Following Izzy Rose from single gal to instant stepmom in “The Package Deal” is a bit like listening to your best friend kvetch.
You get a refreshing dose of honesty balanced by biting attitude as she opens up her life, and eventually her heart, to her prickly new role. You don’t need to be a stepmother to relate to this book, but it doesn’t hurt.”
Read the full article here
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