This Must Be the Place

from AddlestoneBrowsing

On the surface the novel is about Arthur and his feelings towards the loss of his wife Amy--the other layer is about Amy, her best friend Mona and the life she lives in her hometown. I liked how the story progressed, showing how Amy and Mona are not as simple as they appear to be. The complexity ...

from RidgewayGirl

Kate Racculia's debut novel has a fantastic first half, stumbles a little and then makes it securely across the finish line. Arthur Rook is knocked sideways by the sudden death of his wife. He gathers his wife's shoebox of momentoes and her cat and takes off for her hometown, specifically the boa...

from karieh

"this must be the place" is a book well summed up by its title. It's a story about disparate people ending up somewhere instead of planning on going somewhere. About characters that live their way through the day to day and only when smacked in the face by a major event do they lift their heads a...

from tloeffler

Mona Jones and her teenaged daughter Oneida are living a peaceful existence, running the Darby-Jones boarding house and a successful wedding cake business, when their life is disrupted by the arrival of Arthur Rook. Arthur has followed the address on an unsent postcard from his deceased wife Amy ...

from bookaholicmom

In the beginning of the book, I thought Arthur was going to be the main character. He takes his deceased wife's mementos in a pink shoe box to seek out Mona to find out more about his wife's past. However, after getting more into the book it seems as though Oneida is the main character and it bec...