Harriet Beamer Stikes Gold

Harriet Beamer has moved from Pennsylvania to California to move in with her son and daughter-in-law at their request but it just doesn't feel like home. Her attitude changes a bit when her best friend plans a visit, her daughter-in-law announces she is pregnant, and a new "Grammy" suite is planned. She even begins to make a local friend and finds a gold mine to invest in.

The positives first: I liked the fact that 72 year old Harriet is the main character and that she has more spunk than most women half her age. I also liked the fact that a son and daughter-in-law were willing to take in Harriet even though their house was small and they knew that her adjustments would be big, leaving behind everything familiar in PA. However, that is where my positives end. I felt like the conversation was trivial and trite, the language simple to a fault, the characters not very well created, and was almost offended that Harriet could meet a 17 year old girl and her father and the same day hand over a huge amount of money to them. Is anyone really that gullible? I really didn't even want to finish the book and probably won't read any more Harriet Beamer books. I think I'm pretty diversified in my reading taste and fairly easy to please but this one just didn't impress. Sorry, Ms. Magnin.

I did receive this book free from the publisher in exchange for an honest review.