Patty Jane’s House of Curl
This book takes place in Minnesota in the Minneapolis area. Patty Jan marries her HS sweetheart and almost immediately gets pregnant. When the baby is almost due her husband disappears. He gave hints that he wasn’t ready for fatherhood. Patty starts up a beauty shop with the help from her Mother-in law, who is devastated by the actions of her son. Her sister looses her man just before their wedding so the three women all work in the beauty shop and the story goes on, with quirky character customers etc. Both sisters find new loves although one becomes an alcoholic and goes through the usual alcoholic life before being saved.
I enjoyed listening to the tape of this story even though the plot was predictable. The reader had a great Norwegian accent when speaking for the Mother in law. It brought back memories of where I grew up when the mil made lefsa, rumagrout and even that fish soaked in lye lutefisk but to many, including me is inedible. I would recommend reading or listening to this book. It is an easy read or listen.