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HTML:A new mother must adjust to a life she never asked for??and learns that sometimes the worst thing that can happen is exactly what you??ve been waiting for??in this spirited novel from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire ??Charming . . . cleverly told and uncommonly appealing.???People Very pregnant and not quite married, Jenny Harris doesn??t mind that she and her live-in fiancé, Dean, accidentally started their family a little earlier than planned. But Dean is acting distant, and the night he runs out for cigarettes and doesn??t come back, he demotes himself from future husband to sperm donor. And the very next day, Jenny goes into labor. In the months that follow, Jenny plunges into a life she never anticipated: single motherhood. At least with the sleep deprivation, sore boobs, and fits of crying (both hers and the baby??s), there??s not much time to dwell on her broken heart. Then things start looking up: Jenny learns how to do everything one-handed, makes friends in a mommy group, and even gets to know a handsome, helpful neighbor. But Dean is never far from Jenny??s thoughts or, it turns out, her doorstep, and in the end she must choose between the old life she thought she wanted and the n… (más)
The Bright Side of Disaster is Katherine Center's first book. I listened to it on audio and really enjoyed the narration. It truly felt like someone telling their story. I truly sympathized with Jenny as she worked to navigate her life as a single mother. At the same time, I just couldn't get why she even entertained any thought toward a possible relationship with Dean, her baby's daddy. What a loser! Yes, people can change but he definitely did not. Overall this was an entertaining read and I will continue to check out Katherine Center's back list. 4 Stars ( )
Such a moment by moment delightful story of ALL of the ups and downs of Jenny's pregnancy and following single motherhood--yes, full of disasters of many kinds. Dean versus Gardner...mother versus father's mother....just one event after another. A very readable book, no matter how old (yes, me) you are....remembering. I missed several of Center's books during her writing so I'm catching up. ( )
Jenny is forced to wade into motherhood alone when her boyfriend Dean abandons her just before her due date. This had delightfully colorful characters and was quite unlike the other Katherine Center book I’d read, but I still thoroughly enjoyed it. Absolutely loved the hilariously snarky descriptions of the very real moments of motherhood. That birth plan that so did not go as planned. Nursing. I couldn’t stop laughing at poor Jenny’s experience with the almonds. She was such an everyday character and you could so relate to her problems. And ugh. Dean!! Such a man-child with the band always coming first even when he has a baby and crashing on the couch. I loved Jenny finally earning her way to her happy ending.
Please excuse typos/name misspellings. Entered on screen reader. ( )
When my dear friend Annie gave me ‘The Bright Side of Disaster’ to read, I was so elated that I couldn’t wait to ‘dig into it.’ The story is about Jenny Harris, a pregnant, young woman who is engaged to Dean, the most despicable of fiancés. It is incredible that Jenny ever even gave Dean a nod, since he seemed like a shiftless, irresponsible scoundrel with a ‘wandering eye’ for other women. Anyway, Dean walks out on Jenny the day before she goes into labor, but fortunately, leaves her with her supportive mom who sees her through the first days of motherhood with a newborn baby. The story speaks for Jenny’s tenacity to succeed at being a nurturing mother to Maxie, and her perseverance in carrying on after being abandoned by the untrustworthy fiancé. At one point, when Dean tries to wrangle his way back into a relationship with Jenny, I was disappointed that she let her guard down and even allowed him in the front door. I thought that Jenny was in some ways fortunate because she relied on her mom to assist her with childcare, and she possessed parents and future in-laws who supported her financially. Some single mothers do not have those support systems and must rely completely on their own ingenuity to succeed. I loved Jenny’s helpful dog-walking neighbor, Gardner, and the stark contrast between Gardner and Dean was conspicuously obvious. ( )
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HTML:A new mother must adjust to a life she never asked for??and learns that sometimes the worst thing that can happen is exactly what you??ve been waiting for??in this spirited novel from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Walk Away and Things You Save in a Fire ??Charming . . . cleverly told and uncommonly appealing.???People Very pregnant and not quite married, Jenny Harris doesn??t mind that she and her live-in fiancé, Dean, accidentally started their family a little earlier than planned. But Dean is acting distant, and the night he runs out for cigarettes and doesn??t come back, he demotes himself from future husband to sperm donor. And the very next day, Jenny goes into labor. In the months that follow, Jenny plunges into a life she never anticipated: single motherhood. At least with the sleep deprivation, sore boobs, and fits of crying (both hers and the baby??s), there??s not much time to dwell on her broken heart. Then things start looking up: Jenny learns how to do everything one-handed, makes friends in a mommy group, and even gets to know a handsome, helpful neighbor. But Dean is never far from Jenny??s thoughts or, it turns out, her doorstep, and in the end she must choose between the old life she thought she wanted and the n
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