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Welcome to the Wednesday’s Favorites post. In the Wednesday’s
Favorites post I will talk about a book I loved and that I think deserves a
little more attention. I read popular books, but also many books that aren’t so
popular (yet). In this post all sorts of books from all sorts of genre’s will have
a chance to shine. Today’s Wednesday’s Favorites is ‘Just Pru’ by Anne Pfeffer, a book I read in February.
The Book:
“My mother once joked
that my dad had wanted to name me Obedience. As if Prudence wasn’t bad
enough. I was not a Prudence and I never would be.”
When
twenty-five-year-old Pru Anderson—braless, pajama-clad, and clutching
her cat, Chuck—is rescued from her burning Los Angeles apartment, the
thing that scares her most is meeting the neighbors. New people make her
hide in the bathroom, counting by sevens, but when her home is
destroyed, she must turn strangers into friends … or crawl back to the
controlling parents she only recently escaped.
What would her
idol, Pepper Hathaway, do? That’s a no brainer: the
detective-slash-supermodel heroine from Pru’s favorite TV series would
take no prisoners while looking fierce in a tankini and stilettos. So
when the chance comes to live with her upstairs neighbor, Ellen, a
playwright, Pru goes for it.
Thus begin the adventures of Pru,
who’s never had a job, a friend, or a first kiss. Swept into Ellen’s
whirlwind life, Pru begins to build her own, as director’s assistant for
a new play, muse to brooding actor Blake, and possible love interest to
adorably neurotic neighbor, Adam.
Only one thing can derail
Pru’s exhilarating ride. Well, actually, it’s two things—and they’re in a
car headed straight for LA to torpedo her life. When the past that
nearly destroyed her comes calling, who will she be: a Prudence or a
Pepper?
The Facts:
Average Amazon Rating: 4.7
Praise for ‘Just Pru’:
whacky, unusual story about a socially awkward girl who finally manages to
break out of her shell and find her way. This is a book that will make you
laugh and cheer. It has fantastic, realistic and quirky characters and an
adorable romance.
you can’t help but adore and set a place in your heart because of how wonderful
and inspiring the story was. It was a delight reading this and I definitely
recommend this to those who wants to read something feel-good and inspiring.
tackled the issues that Pru has, and how realistically she tackles them. She
thinks about how her favourite fictional heroine might deal with it, and then
tries it out herself. And haven’t we all relied on someone, thought ‘I bet so
& so would do this…’ and then given it a go? I have.
blowed my mind. And I know for sure that I will be thinking of this book for a
long, long time. This book deserves to be up on a bestseller list. It really
was that good!
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About the Author:
Anne Pfeffer worked in finance and was a children’srights attorney before she decided to follow her respective dreams of writing
books and working in her pajamas. Since then, she has self-published the novels
‘Any Other Night’, ‘The Wedding Cake Girl’, and ‘Girls Love Travis Walker’,
which was named one of IndieReader.com’s Best Indie Books of 2013.
Anne loves her family, cool breezes, carbohydrates, and elastic waistbands. She
lives in Santa Monica, California, with her dachshund, Taco.
For more information about Anne and her books please
visit her website, or visit her on Facebook and Twitter.
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Maureen is a mom, wife, nurse, and Ravenclaw living in the Netherlands. She spends her days juggling mom-life, reading, blogging, planning date nights with her husband and working as a nurse. Maureen also is a big Anglophile, loves cooking, Gilmore Girls, Bridgerton and Harry Potter.. Always! Facebook | Instagram
