Katrina Kittle

Vivian is grieving the loss of her husband and contemplating suicide when a series of events conspires to give her a reason to live. Her favorite nurse, Luna, is facing homelessness with two children (one in a wheelchair) and everyone is facing lockdown because of covid-19. Vivian invites this family to live with her. This is definitely a character driven novel - we watch Vivian cope with grief, and Luna's family cope with a broken family, poverty, and unrealized expectations. But watching them (along with a gay neighbor couple) create a sense of community and family is very rewarding and feels very realistic as they each cope with challenging life circumstances. Really liked it. And it brought back very real memories of my time during the pandemic.… (altro)