The Summer of Yes
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Sometimes you’re so busy writing other people’s stories that you lose the plot of your own. This wasn’t how Kelsey Worthington’s day was supposed to go. She wasn’t supposed to be picking up Starbucks for her smarmy boss. She wasn’t supposed to get hit by a car that jumped the curb. And she certainly wasn’t supposed to wake up in a hospital room next to Georgina Tate—the legendary matriarch of New York City businesswomen. Kelsey and Georgina couldn’t be more opposite. Kelsey’s a dreamer, a writer who questions her own skill. And Georgina is a confident businesswoman whose years of shouldering her way into boardrooms and making her voice heard have made her far too outspoken for the faint of heart. But now, when Georgina’s failing kidneys force her to face some big regrets about the way she’s lived her life, the two women recognize they share a common thread. Maybe it’s time to confront a few things. They must ask themselves: What if I said yes to everything I’ve always said no to? With Georgina as her companion, Kelsey soon finds herself doing things she’s never done before. Eating street food. Swimming in the ocean. Matchmaking for Georgina with the help of Georgina’s handsome son. And writing her own romance—both in book form and in real life. So begins the Summer of Yes. Stand-alone novel Perfect for fans of Denise Hunter and Rachel Linden Book length: 100,000 words Includes discussion questions for book clubs
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This book was really cute!
Kelsey gets ran over on her way to work and ends up in a room with the rich and aloof and much older Georgina which makes for the start of a super unlikely friendship and the author did something really clever and turned the grumpy/sunshine trope into a friendship between 2 very different women. kelsey has this hairbrained idea that her and Georgina should start saying yes to the things they normally say no to and it sends them on one heck of adventure.
I thought the book was funny and heartwarming. The narrator did a fabulous job of bringing the book to life for me and I highly enjoyed the whole thing.
I loved the underlying moral to this story. It's never too late to reach out for the things you want.
4 stars! I need to get more books from this author.
This one's for all the feel-good rom-com lovers! It's about Kelsey, a New Yorker and editor who lives a busy life in the big city and always says ‘no' to everything, resulting in an unsatisfying life. But she's so stuck in her ways and struggles to open up, until she ends up in the hospital and meets the older famous makeup-mogul Georgina Tate, who is so much like Kelsey. Georgina is dying and has no relationship with her family, which makes Kelsey realise this is not the life she wants for herself. So Kelsey convinces Georgina to embark on a summer of saying yes, which ends up changing both of their lives. The result is an easily digestible, cute, summery, inspiring, slightly cliché popcorn-read of a story. Perfect as a palate cleanser between heavier books or as a vacation beach read.
