Weird, But Unusually Moving!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

                                  

                                           Frankly, my dears, I expected a lot more from this book.  I had no problem with "The Twenty-One Balloons," but,  while this is an adult novel, I really had to suspend a lot of disbelief, and just go with it,  in order to enjoy it.

                                             The reader is presented with a young bride, on her wedding day, getting a visit from a parakeet, who turns out to be a reincarnation of her deceased grandmother.  That is the first  thing the reader has to swallow.  As the novel progresses, the reader discovers, before the bride, that she and her spouse-to-be are not really suited for one another.  Keeping this in mind, the "grandmother" urges her granddaughter to find her estranged brother.  This results in a predictable quest novel,  examining life choices, and  suggesting love is not always found where one expects to.

                                              If I  sound apathetic,  I really am not.  The book just did not "do it" for me.  Its brevity is a virtue.  The author writes beautifully, but I had hoped this might be a surprise gem. Alas, it was not.

                                              Save yourselves the trouble, darlings!  However, anyone out there addicted to any sort of whimsy may find this to be their cup of tea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!