Review: hilarious and heart warming
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 04 13, 2013
you'll spend the time reading the first half of this book laughing so hard you'll forget what you read on each page and will have to go back to re-read it.  It reminded me of the time four decades ago when my grandfather introduced me to Bertie Wooster and Jeeves during my miserable adolescence and I found out what real pleasure was in articulate, erudite humor - this will recreate an experience like that for you if you recall something that you've read that was really, truly funny and that gave you true pleasure.  And the off-kilter view of life that Jude brings to this story is warm and wonderful, as well.  What's not to like with this story?  Nothing, that's what.  Merrow is a remarkable author - a fine story-teller with a sense of irony and humor that makes her work thoroughly enjoyable on many levels -- and it turns out that she turns out a mean limerick or two, as well.  Buy this one - you're guaranteed to be pleased.  Really.