I quite enjoyed this novel, and found it quite riveting in parts. I must admit, though, that the chapters with the thespian women were a bit too artificially whimsical, and that I was slightly irritated by the chronology.
The book starts in the present. Bob, the retired, book loving librarian protagonist led a lost, somewhat comatose woman back to a seniors home, where he started volunteering. He found out that she was the wife who had abandoned him for his best friend, and with that big revelation, the book suddenly started going backwards to Bob’s childhood and marriage, ignoring the present day implications of the big revelation.
I’ve just realized an additional layer of depth in the book. Bob’s addled ex wife Connie helped him a lot by causing him to discover the seniors’ home, where Bob made friends and built a nice life for himself. He eventually met up with Connie’s son, and was able to tell him about his father, who had been killed in a hit and run soon after marrying Connie.
This book has left me with a nice feeling of completion.
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