Flying Solo by Linda Holmes (2022)

 

I found Flying Solo to be an easy to read, feel good story. It explores our habits of making assumptions and categorizing everything and everyone is our lives. As the story evolves, we find this is not always a good thing.

The main character is Laurie Sasslyn, a soon to be 40-year old woman who canceled her wedding three weeks before it was to take place. She leaves her Maine home and travels to her small Washington hometown to clear out the house of her recently deceased Great Aunt Dot. Her best friend (June) still lives there as well as, you guessed it, Laurie’s first love, librarian Nick Cooper, who has recently divorced.

Among her aunt’s things, Laurie finds a craved duck buried at the bottom of a cedar chest. She later finds a love letter to the never-married Dot that ends with the line, "And anyway, if you're ever desperate, there are always ducks, darling." Laura is determined to learn more about the duck and the author of the letter. When the duck is stolen, Laurie and her friends scheme to get it back.

Flying Solo does not end the way one would expect given the plot line. You’ll need to read it to find out how Laurie’s story ends.

3.70 stars on Goodreads, 4.1 on Amazon