“Carry the sorrow when we have to, and absolutely savor the joy when we can” Witty, loving, and optimistic, I started reading slower because I didn’t want it to end. I may have been able to see where things were going but the journey was just so much fun. The plot held my interest from start to finish and the characters captured my heart. A story about strength, determination, love and so much more. For me this was more than just a good story….it was fantastic! Strained relationships and family secrets, many things were easy to relate to. Katherine Center writes with honesty and includes all of the messy parts. This was an incredibly inspiring read that made me look at a few things in my own life in a different way. Heart-breaking one moment and laugh out loud funny the next ( “Mes jambons sont eclatés” ). Her habit of filling the quiet with very strange but hilarious comments was just one of the things I loved about her. Some good guys…some villains…but all well-developed and entertaining! Margaret is such a great character.

“ How to Walk Away” really was a fantastic read populated with so many awesome characters. “They say your life flashes before your eyes, but it wasn’t my life as I’d lived it that I saw. And for Margaret, nothing could be truer when the greatest day of her life quickly turns into the worst day of her life. We’ve all heard that saying that life can change in a moment, or the blink of an eye. She’s dating an awesome guy, she’s going to be starting a great new job, and on a night out with her boyfriend, Chip, she has a strong feeling that things are about to get even better. Margaret Jacobsen has worked hard all of her life and things are starting to pay off. I may not have come across this novel but a friend had just finished reading it and loved it. Sometimes a book comes along that makes my heart skip a beat. “When you don’t know what to do for yourself, do something for somebody else” Katherine lives in her hometown of Houston, Texas, with her husband, two kids, and their fluffy-but-fierce dog. She’s been compared to both Jane Austen and Nora Ephron, and the Dallas Morning News calls her stories, “satisfying in the most soul-nourishing way.” Her books have made countless Best-Of lists, including RealSimple’s Best Books of 2020, Amazon's Top 100 Books of 2019, Goodreads' Best Books of the Year, the Indie Next Great Reads List, and many more. Katherine writes laugh-and-cry books about how life knocks us down-and how we get back up. The movie adaptation of her novel The Lost Husband (starring Josh Duhamel) hit #1 on Netflix, and her novel Happiness for Beginners is in production as a Netflix original movie (starring Ellie Kemper and Luke Grimes) right now. BookPage calls Katherine Center “the reigning queen of comfort reads.” She's the New York Times bestselling author of eight books, including How to Walk Away, Things You Save in a Fire, and What You Wish For.

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