Jenny James Is Not a Disaster

A Novel

De: Debbie Johnson

Narrado por: Beth Eyre

There's having a bad day . . . and then there's having a Very Bad Day.

Thirty-something single mom Jenny James is used to the typical run-in-your-tights, milk-turned-sour, break-a-nail bad kind of day. Attitude from her teenage son? Count on it. Car problems? To be expected. Never quite enough money for monthly expenses? Guaranteed.

And then arrives the Very Bad Day—when Jenny finds out her dull but reliable office job is in jeopardy, her car totally and completely breaks down, and she arrives home (on foot) just in time to see her modest-but-cozy cottage sliding off a cliff into the sea. Jenny's life—not to mention her home—has reached its ultimate low point.

Estranged from her parents since she became pregnant at age eighteen and set out on her own, Jenny has nowhere to turn when she and her son, Charlie, find themselves without a place to live. Her neighbor, the reclusive but attractive Luke who lives alone with his dog in a surprisingly homey RV, opens up his camper—and his vagabond lifestyle—to Jenny and her son.

As the unlikely threesome—four including the dog—hit the road, Jenny finds herself experiencing a new sense of freedom as she reflects on who she was, who she is, and who she could become. Maybe when you fall, you actually find the best way to move forward.

©2024 Debbie Johnson (P)2024 Harper Muse

Find Your Joy!

Funny, relatable. Great voice work for the story. Enjoyed the characters. First 3/4 was better than the end. But the ending was still good.

Enjoyed the narration

I enjoyed this book, yet it moved a bit slowly. In the beginning. Definitely something we all have felt in our lives from teenage days to adulthood.