An unforgettable road trip back home.

Synopsis

From bestselling romantic comedy author Melissa Baldwin comes the road trip of a lifetime!

Successful Manhattan accountant Stacy Brown is shocked when her almost perfect life unexpectedly crumbles around her. Blindsided by her husband when he serves her with divorce papers and tossed aside by the women she considered her best friends, devastation and depression hit her hard. But when her mother sends her an old photograph of her and two childhood friends, Candace and Olivia, it fuels a desire in Stacy to find that person she once was. What starts as a chance to reconnect turns into an unforgettable road trip back to her childhood home and an encounter with a man from her past.

Gavin Kingsley, son of Stacy’s old piano teacher and former annoying boy next door, sparks something in Stacy that she hasn’t felt in a long time…maybe never? Despite her hesitation to jump into a relationship, Stacy can’t help being drawn to him as she and her girlfriends take a journey of self-discovery, laughs, tears, and hysterical moments. 

Can returning to her past give Stacy everything she’s been searching for in her future?

My review

Stacy Brown is a successful accountant in Manhattan, married to Greg, also an accountant and she is surrounded by her best friends.
Suddenly her world falls apart when Greg gives her divorce papers, and instead of finding comfort in her best friends, they put her aside.
Searching for a way to cheer Stacy up, her mother sends her a photograph of Stacy and her childhood friends Candace and Olivia. And that one photograph makes Stacy want to be that one person she used to be. What started as a way to reconnect, quickly evolves into a road trip with both women.
But the road trip doesn’t appear to be as laidback as thought, and Stacy is also wondering what is waiting there for her. Because again thanks to her mom, she is back in touch with Gavin Kingsley, son of Stacy’s old piano teacher and boy next door.

Is Stacy ready to meet a new/old man in her life? And is it possible to find again that old friendship with Candace and Olivia, or was there a reason that their friendship got lost?

Before I even started reading this book, I knew I would truly enjoy reading every bit of it!

In the first chapters, I felt very sorry for Stacy. Not only does her husband show her divorce papers out of the blue, but also her friends abandon her at the moment she needs them the most. So it’s obvious that Stacy is feeling alone and depressed.
And is there a better place to get over broken heart than home, surrounded by your parents?

It’s obvious that the road trip will be a total disaster. Not only does Olivia auto – invite herself, she doesn’t know that Candace will also be taking part. There is some bad blood between the two of them because of something that happened in the past, so Stacy kind of tricks the both of them.

While the three women are on their way, I had so many laughs. Not because I’m an evil woman, but just because they were acting like small children. And seeing how childish these adult could act, was just hilarious.

And then Gavin… I found him just adorable! Okay, it’s weird to call a grown up man ‘adorable’, but I cannot express in another way how I feel about him. After a bit of matchmaking of both mothers, the interaction between Gavin and Stacy was nice to read about. And the easy way they just are together was something that made me even a little bit jealous.

This was not only a story about a road trip, old friends finding each other or finding a new love interest. But I found it a story about picking up the pieces, forgiveness and just doing what feels right in your heart. Friendships can be made easily but can be also easily be broken, and the author managed to show us in a hilarious way that some friendships are worth to be found again.

I found this a funny, hilarious yet sweet book to read, impossible to put away!