Monday, May 6, 2024

COMFORT & JOY

Kristin Hannah. COMFORT & JOY. Ballantine, 2020/2005.

A second book club selection. The title alludes to a Christmas carol but the protagonist's name is Joy and one of the locations is called the Comfort Lodge, a derelict fishing lodge/B&B somewhere in Washington State.

The book hooked me instantly when Joy hops on to the last seat available in a charter flight to Hope, BC. But the plane crashes and Joy takes the opportunity to "walk away" from her depressing life of betrayal by husband and sister. We are never quite sure what happens next. Mystery. Tension. What will happen? What has happened? 



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