It seems appropriate to share a review of The Snowbirds by Christina Clancy when it's 7 below zero with 6 inches of snow on the ground in the Midwest. Thank you to Macmillan Audio for advanced access to the audiobook narrated by Karissa Vacker with Graham Halstead.
While Kim and Grant have been a couple for 30 years, they never married and their partnership has a lot of âspace' in it. She's a humanitarian working in non-profits and he's an academic/professor who just lost his teaching position. When they have an opportunity to spend winter in sunny Palm Springs and escape the brutal cold and snow of Wisconsin, Kim is thrilled, but Grant is completely reluctant. Will a change in setting impact them as individuals and their relationship?
This plot - mostly character-driven with some âaction' - was not what I expected, and it continually surprised me. It's told in a Then and Now format, and Grant doesn't appear in real time until the final chapters. I had some issues tracking the large cast of quirky Palm Springs characters but enjoyed most of them. It was interesting to see how both Kim and Grant grew and changed throughout the story. The ending ties up all the loose ends which was a bit annoying.
This is the second novel I've read this month that mention my city of Omaha in a not-so-favorable light - such an odd coincidence.
While Kim and Grant have been a couple for 30 years, they never married and their partnership has a lot of âspace' in it. She's a humanitarian working in non-profits and he's an academic/professor who just lost his teaching position. When they have an opportunity to spend winter in sunny Palm Springs and escape the brutal cold and snow of Wisconsin, Kim is thrilled, but Grant is completely reluctant. Will a change in setting impact them as individuals and their relationship?
This plot - mostly character-driven with some âaction' - was not what I expected, and it continually surprised me. It's told in a Then and Now format, and Grant doesn't appear in real time until the final chapters. I had some issues tracking the large cast of quirky Palm Springs characters but enjoyed most of them. It was interesting to see how both Kim and Grant grew and changed throughout the story. The ending ties up all the loose ends which was a bit annoying.
This is the second novel I've read this month that mention my city of Omaha in a not-so-favorable light - such an odd coincidence.
