Review: Saving Missy

Saving Missy is the story of Missy Carmichael: 79 years of age, living alone in a large house full of memories. As we get to know her, we can see that Missy has, in many ways, been responsible for her isolation. She’s prickly, and super-sensitive, and unfamiliar with communicating her feelings.
But Missy meets Sylvie and Angela, and slowing she starts to see that she can have a life full of friends, and dogs and love. She has a number of epiphanies and gradually mends bridges, and embraces new opportunities for a happy life.
Saving Missy is ultimately a fairy-tale. You can call me a cynic, but the chances of two total strangers taking an old woman under their wings and rescuing her, in the real world, are slim. However, I couldn’t help but find myself enjoying Missy’s transition from a sad and lonely old woman, to a woman looking forward to life.
This is a feel-good novel, with characters that you can’t help but like, and Missy is a woman who will stay with you long after you turn the last page.

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• Beth Morrey