"Sometimes changing your expectations can open new doors, you know."

Bennett Hall had worked in the Financial Reports Division at Bancroft, Chandler, and Company in Wilmington, Delaware. During those 27 years, Bennett’s reality changed from superior performance reviews to knowing she was invisible to receiving the designation as redundant. Retirement was earlier than anticipated. Bennett had a plan to take place at 123 Spring Street. Little did Bennett realize that meeting her new neighbor, Carmen-Aida McElroy, would change everything.

I loved this story! It is a story that conveys the surprises of the people we meet along our life journey. The surprise of changes, when people we thought would always be in our lives are suddenly gone. The surprise of discovery when our world is brightened by kindness, friendship, and love, nurturing us as we step outside our comfort zone, expanding our world in ways we never imagined, fulfilling a missing piece we didn’t even realize was missing. The novel is a treasure for all these reasons and more.

"The Best Thing About Bennett" reminds us that every day is a new beginning. There are people we have yet to meet on our life journey. Bennett’s story is heartwarming, uplifting, inspiring. She makes one hopeful.

I encourage readers to read Notes About the Author, sharing the inspiration for a vital highlight of Bennett’s story.

Highly recommended. ( )