One Plus One by Jojo Moyes, 368 pagesEd had it pretty good with a successful tech business and money rolling in...until he inadvertently participated in insider trading. Jess never had it good: she's a single mom working two jobs (house cleaner and waitress at a dive bar), trying to support her math-genius daughter and mascara-wearing stepson in a rough part of town. As you might suspect, Ed and Jess are thrown together when Ed inexplicably volunteers to drive Jess's family (and their huge dog, Norman) to a math tournament in Scotland.
Let's address the big hurdle with this book: this would NEVER happen in real life. Insider trading? Yes. Overworked mom with two not-quite-normal kids? Absolutely. The whole wacky car trip that throws them together? Not a chance. That said, this was quite a charming book. Moyes does a wonderful job of creating very real, three-dimensional, relatable characters, and in this book, she also does a great job of illustrating the financial differences between the main characters. It wasn't as good as Me Before You, but it was definitely good. I'll certainly be picking up her other books.
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