Courting Greta

Courting Greta by Ramsey Hootman  376 pages

This debut novel by Hootman is about two people who are misfits in their own way, finding love with each other unexpectedly.  Samuel Cooke is a computer programmer who quits his job to become a substitute teacher at the same school when Greta Cassamajor is the gym teacher.  While Sam is a small disabled man, Greta is the stereotypical brusque gym teacher that everyone fears to some extent.  Only by taking a chance, do the two begin an awkward courtship.

For a first novel, the reader will find some rough spots where the writing loses its thread but overall the novel is a charming, tender work you'll finish to find out if the two can find happiness.