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Having started this book with no expectations I was very pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Millicent "Missy' Carmichael is about to turn 80, and feeling very isolated and depressed. Through a series of events Missy soon discovers that in order to make friends she just needs to be herself and let people in.The characters in this book are absolutely delightful. They each bring something to Missy to help her forgive herself and to mend the relationships with her two children that appea...
Saving Missy is a book that is going to talked about a lot in 2020. It is a fantastic debut novel and I look forward to seeing what Beth Morrey has for us next. This book was a slow bulrn for me, it took a while for me to become fully invested in the story and characters but once I was there it was hard to put down. It did make a change from the thrillers that I usually read and I really enjoyed it - even if it did make me cry!! Missy Carmichael is 79, lives in London and is lonely. Her children...
The book started out really strong and good. The writing style is good and the characters seem realistic. However, I feel like the characters are not developed good enough for a character driven plot. The side characters are unlikeable chatty women we all know in real life. The characters seem a bit too detached even after chapters after chapters of knowing their stories. I wanted the dog or the stories of the kids/children or the grandchildren parts to be a bit more comforting (I got the comfor...
Missy Carmichael is an English woman in her late 70s. She lives in the home she once shared with her husband and children. Now, her husband is gone, her son lives in Australia, and she is estranged from her daughter. Missy is set in her ways, asocial, and somewhat depressed.Told using flashbacks, Missy's life story is revealed. The pieces of her past help explain her current life and behavior. Missy is hard to like, but the more of her that is revealed, the more I cared about her.Missy is lonely...
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael was such an endearing and heartfelt story that I’m thinking of bumping it up. This was such a wonderful debut, and I loved the character development that Beth Morrey creates in Missy Carmichael.While I didn’t find Missy to be of the same vein as Eleanor Oliphant that she is compared to, my heart went out to her because she is sad and lonely missing the great love of her life. Not only is her husband gone but her son has also moved away to Australia, and her r...
*https://theburgeoningbookshelf.blogsp...Missy Carmichael is an elderly widow feeling the desolate loneliness of a large empty house now that her husband is no longer with her and her two children have moved on with their lives. Son Alistair is living in Australia and keeps in touch via email but Missy is finding it hard to have anything interesting to email about. Whilst her daughter, Melanie, lives closer their relationship is strained after an argument and they very rarely have contact.There
Thank you to Harper Collins Publishers and Netgalley for the opportunity to read and review this electronic ARC.This is a delightful book, the demographics will mostly appeal to older readers, parents who have survived teenagers and young adults holding breath for the moment when they leave home! Ahh! the tranquility. However, the thought of the empty nest is not a joyous one for the main character, Missy (Millicent) who is similar to those women who have given up all ideas of a career after hav...
I absolutely adore the front cover and the back cover, showing women going for a stroll in a beautiful park. Wow! What a truly wonderful story, one that I one hundred percent recommend reading. It’s not often that a story is penned about an slightly older person, that’s the main reason why I liked reading Saving Missy is that it features a seventy-nine - year - old for a change instead of younger characters. I do strongly feel that there are many, many older women in their late seventies that ha...
The Love Story of Missy Carmichael by Beth MorreyI loved this book for its quirky 79 yo character - always makes me wonder how it would be like when you are older, spouse has passed away and her children have their own lives, and life choices causing her children to become estranged from her. I enjoy this debut novel where no matter how old you are, it is never too late to still make changes and see the arc and change in the characters - it is a story full of hope and love. This endearing and he...
