Review: A Nice Story
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 01 12, 2013
Jenny Diggles is a waitress at the Pullet Surprise in Prairie Hill, where she's lived all of her life.  The owner of the Pullet Surprise also owns a single A baseball team, and Jenny's been dating the manager of the team.  Then one day Jimmy moves into town, taking a job as a dishwasher at the Pullet Surprise, and Jenny finds herself becoming friendly with him.  During one of their walks around town, they discovered a hill which contained a remnant of undisturbed prairie.  When they learn that a large company is preparing to build a facility at that location, Jenny is distraught.  This book is told from many viewpoints, Jenny's, Jimmy's, the boyfriend's, Jenny's mother's and those of other peoples, often two narrations of the same or overlapping events.  This is not an exciting book; rather, it's a representation of life, as simple at times and complex at other times, as it really is.  It's a nice story, one than can be enjoyed any time you need a quiet change of pace.