Review: Reminds me of "Eat Pray Love" and "Shirley Valentine"!!!
Rating: 3 out of 5
Date: 05 15, 2014
A young woman is disillusioned with her love life and with life in general; she seeks an escape, through travel. After reading this book, it made me think of the book "Eat Pray Love" and the movie / play "Shirley Valentine."I positively loved the first half of the book, when the main character, Sarah, through a non-fatal car accident, finds herself trapped in the countryside and has to stay with a middle-aged couple, who feeds and supplies several male farmers who come in several days a week to do the farming. The interaction within the group--plus Sarah--was warm and inviting, and Sarah gleefully discovers the joys of country life over several days. (I think country life is far harder than as portrayed in the book, but it's so nice to make it sound so heart-warming, and we do need that in a book, which by definition is escapist enjoyment).After Sarah left the farm, being a practical woman who doesn't want to overstay her welcome, she encounters further adventures.  At this point, my interest dwindled a little, as the further adventures weren't as memorable or compelling as her stay on the farm.  But the author pulled everything together nicely at the end with a new man in Sarah's life.I liked Sarah a lot.  She is friendly, independent, warm, caring, now adventurous, and she examines her life thoroughly, always seeking better things.  If you loved "Eat Pray Love" you'd love this book.