The Magic of Found Objects

A Novel

By: Maddie Dawson

Narrated by: Lauren Ezzo

Length: 11 hrs and 42 mins

Publisher's summary

From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a feel-good story about becoming who you were meant to be all along.

Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning.

So when her best friend from childhood proposes that they give up on romance and marry each other, Phronsie agrees. Who better to spend your life with than your best friend? Maybe the connection they already have is love. Maybe there’s no falling to be done. But immediately after they announce their engagement, she encounters someone who makes a very charming and compelling argument for revisiting romance.

While her even-keeled stepmother argues for the safety that comes with her new engagement and her mother relays messages from the universe to hold out for true love, Phronsie must look to her own heart to find the answers that have been there all along.

©2021 Maddie Dawson. (P)2021 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved.

Page turner

Loved this sweet story! Narration of male characters took a while to get used to, but they worked.

fun summer read

relatable quirky story hard to put down will definitely read other books by same author

perfection

I loved this story, my heart broke into million pieces so many times. I would listen to it again sometime. Thank you.

Fun, easy listen

This was a fun, easy listen that I was quickly addicted to! I am bummed it's over.

I missed it when it was over

It takes me a while to finish a book because I don't have long periods of time available to listen.
I wasn't crazy about the reader at 1st, but she really grew on me and she she did an incredible job. The whole story was interesting and thought provoking in the realm of love which is not a realm I spend much time in!
It was mildly predictable but I was in the mood for that.
My absolutely favorite part was when The main character's mother describes Woodstock. It may be the best description of anything I have ever read, and some of that credit must go to the reader because she read it beautifully. I was just a toddler when Woodstock happened but felt like I was there, and the emotion that she put into it was was epic.

A Hallmark Movie for the future

This was a fast read that had a simple plot. It would make a good Hallmark movie.

don't even begin to think you've heard all this ..

..... before!! I thought I was in for a standard rom-com and knew where the book was going and I was so wrong. this is an incredible story across generations and cultures and points of view. do not miss it!!! and of course the performance is stunning

Loved!

Yes it’s a RomCom but with a twist. Phronsie is trying to figure herself out, detangle her past and move forward. Just life does, when you stop looking for love it happens. Great lovable characters! Excellent narrator.
Included in Kindle Unlimited!!!!

Interesting but too long

It’s interesting to consider marriage for compatibility instead of passion. Especially when you have been married for many years. I appreciated the contrasting personalities in the mothers and the twins. Sometimes the main character sounded whiny and irritating.

What is love, anyway?

A wonderful insight as to the importance of that "spark" when making life-long decisions regarding love.