Don't Forget to Write by Sara Goodman Confino was a recent Amazon Prime First Read free selection. I'd gotten her novel She's Up to No Good last summer, really enjoyed it so figured I'd give this one a try, too.
It's rare to find books with truly Jewish characters when the plot isn't focused on the religion so I'm always delighted when I find such a book. This one takes place in 1960. Twenty-year-old Marilyn is caught kissing the rabbi's son in front of the entire congregation in a most embarrassing way. All four parents think the only way to make this right is for the young couple to get married. Marilyn with have nothing to do with that. So Plan B is to ship her off to her great-aunt Ada's for the summer. Ada is a matchmaker in Philadelphia but she moves her life - and her business - to the Jersey shore for the summer.
Ada is nothing like what Marilyn expects. She's quite a character. For one, she's always been single at a time when very few women remain single, have their own businesses, own their own property. In Ada, Marilyn has met her match.
Marilyn has some choices to make over the summer as well as at the end of the summer. You never know what she'll decide. Another novel about women's roles and the choices they have to make.
Honestly, I liked the book as I read it. It's simply an enjoyable read. But the last few chapters, wow! I loved them and turned the last page thinking just that. Wow!
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