Review: Perfection is relative
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 25, 2012
Lucy keeps her life in perfect order--no surprises, nothing out of place.  She looks forward to being part of the "perfect family" she missed as the child of a single mother forced to work long hours in her often-vain attempts to keep food on the table and the lights on.  When her only relative, an unconventional and untidy aunt dies, Lucy tries to cope with a host of unsettling changes.  Along the way, she meets many of her aunt's friends and gradually realizes that perfection has different meanings for different people.As a former accountant who still counts ceiling tiles while sitting in the dentist chair, I found Lucy a very lovable character.  Her sometimes frenetic search for the happy ending had me sharing her emotional ups and downs and laughing out loud while trying to give her advice.