Lean on Me

One of the perks of belonging to NetGalley.com and getting books to read is that I get introduced to new-to-me authors and find some clean, wholesome reading material. 

Pat Simmons is working on a series of novels about three sisters and their Aunt Tweet (suffering from dementia).  The first novel in the series takes the middle sister, Tabitha Knicely, and details her struggles with Aunt Tweet.  The specific trouble Tabitha has with Aunt Tweet is that Aunt Tweet tends to wander around the neighborhood and ends up on one man's porch for a rest before finishing her walk. 

Marcus Whittington takes Tabitha to task for not taking care of Aunt Tweet and implies she's not up to the task of caring of someone in Aunt Tweet's mental condition.  But something about Aunt Tweet and Tabitha works inroads into Marcus' well-ordered life. 

There are angst, humor, sass, and epiphanies throughout the book, which make it all the more enjoyable.   The characters have a believable reality that make them exceptionally likable. 

This is a five-star book, with two thumbs up, and a lemonade on the front porch.

My thanks to SourceBooks Casablanca and NetGalley.com for providing the galley I read for this review.