Shirley J. Adult Fiction Lost Loves, Found Loves, Lust, and its aftermath
Honestly, We Meant Well by Grant Grinder 320 pages
What do a philandering husband, a gay son looking for love or lust, whichever, and a college professor pining for what she gave up years ago and looking at the prospect of an empty nest and waking up to the same old grind every day have to do with the islands off the coast of Greece? A lot! A fun story even given that every body in here has their flaws, but, then, don't we all? Sue Ellen Wright loves teaching and loves her students, her philandering husband, a writer and teacher LOVES some of his students, along with anyone else he sets his eye on but also loves his wife, he just doesn't always remember her when in pursuit of coeds. After finding out her husband is cheating (friends run back and tell her when they see him out canoodling) and after confronted, he doesn't deny it exactly, Sue Ellen is offered the chance of a lifetime, an all expense paid trip to Greece to give a presentation. Having a bent for crazy women, her husband's current conquest is a little crazier than he is ready for and he wants to get as far away from her as possible. He begs his wife to take him on the trip. Thinking better of it, but, doing it anyway Sue Ellen takes the cheater and also her gay son who is going through a complete mess of things in his own life, bawling over his lover who left him while seeing the photos of his former lover and said former lover's new love all over his former lover's Facebook page. Deciding maybe a change of scenery will do them all good and cleanse the demons from their lives she books them all for 3 weeks in Greece. Afterall, she waxes nostalgic, her first real love was in Greece where many years ago she fell for a man and the ancient culture surrounded by the Aegean Sea. Seems like she never got over him. Really good book, great characters, funny situations and dialogue. I recommend this one for teens on up.
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