Starting Now: A Blossom Street Novel
*Starred Review* There is a reason that legions of Macomber fans ask for more Blossom Street books. They fully engage her readers as her characters discover happiness, purpose, and meaning in life. The ninth title, which stands well alone, focuses on Libby Morgan, a driven attorney who has eschewed everything and everybody in her pursuit of a partnership. Summoned to the managing partner’s office expecting a well-deserved promotion, she is devastated to be laid off and told to “enjoy life.” After fruitless months looking for a new job in a bad economy, she joins a gym and reconnects with an old law-school friend. At A Good Yarn, she reconnects with the love of knitting she had learned from her mother, who died when Libby was 13, and makes friends, including 13-year-old Ava, who recently lost her mother. An errand takes Libby to the hospital, where she is recruited to rock newborn babies and where she meets “heart-of-stone” Dr. Phillip Stone, who has also seen his devotion to work wipe out any personal life. Macomber’s feel-good novel, emphasizing interpersonal relationships and putting people above status and objects, is truly satisfying. --Diana Tixier Herald