




Esme Cahill Fails Spectacularly by Marie Bostwick
Publication May 30, 2023
Genre:
Womens Fiction
Esme Cahill thinks she has failed spectacularly: fired from her New York City
publishing job, divorced from her husband, and possessing little more than a
broken-down car and a pile of unfinished manuscripts, she drives home to
Asheville at the request of her late grandmother, Adele, who had begged her,
just before she died, to return to the place she grew up.
There she discovers the once-charming lakeside retreat run by her family is
sliding toward financial ruin, so with the help of her grandfather, George;
estranged mother, Robyn; and a travelling chef Dawes (maker of the world's best
grilled cheese sandwich) they set to work. In the attic, Esme unearths a trove
of museum-worthy art quilts, sewn by Adele. Piecing together the inspiration
behind them, Esme discovers a forgotten chapter in her family history and her
grandmother's untold story, that of a gifted artist who never received her due.
This is an always-emotional, sometimes humorous, very human novel of what it
means to be family--the ties that bind us together and the unintentional hurts
that can rend us apart. And, along the way, Esme learns that failure can be the
first step toward the life you're meant to find.
My
Thoughts: Nothing has worked
as Esme had hoped, so she heads back to her family lakeside retreat. There she finds a mother that she is not
close to, a grandfather who is struggling, and the retreat that has fallen into
disrepair. She sets herself up to stay
for the summer and get everything back in running order. Of course, things do not go as planned and
surprises happen.
I
really enjoyed this book. Esme is not a poor me character, she is a character
that works hard for what she has and is not afraid to go for what she
wants. I enjoyed watching her work
through her life and figure out what was important. The choices she made were not always easy and
often caused her extra work, but they were the choices that she felt good
about, most often they were the right choices.
I liked the fact that as the story went on, her life seemed to come
together and not always as she thought it would.
Esme Cahill Hails Spectacularly is a fun book.
I read it pretty quick and enjoyed each page.
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A jaded single dad. A woman returning to her small-town roots. Neither was prepared for their paths to collide…
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Dada
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