Saturday, September 8, 2012




Joy for Beginners  by Erica Bauermeister

I am on a quest to find a really good book to read.  Joy for Beginners is not the great book I was looking for but it was an interesting read.  Kate is diagnosed with cancer and finds herself on a grueling journey of surgery and chemo therapy to rid her of this disease.  Fortunately she has a great group of women, her friends, who are there for her one way or another.  Their energy and love see her through the worst of times and when her doctor declares she is cancer free they rejoice by having a dinner to celebrate.

At this dinner party she makes a deal with all of them.  To celebrate her new lease on life she will go white water rafting, something that has terrified her.  But if she goes she tells them they must do one thing that makes them uncomfortable or that they find challengingand here is the kicker she gets to choose what each of them will do,  So the author takes you on each of their journeys and the women wonder how Kate new exactly what  to choose for them.  But Kate is a good listener and all the conversations that she had with her friends during her illness gave her great insight.

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