Famous in a Small Town

Locations
Call Number: Fiction / Shipman, Viola, Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch, Pittsfield Branch, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

Location & Checkout Length	Call Number	Checkout Length	Item Status
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	Fiction / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Pittsfield Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Fiction / General / Shipman, Viola	4-week checkout	On Shelf

Includes reader's guide with discussion questions and recipes.
"For most of her eighty years, Mary Jackson has endured the steady invasion of tourists, influencers and real estate developers who have discovered the lakeside charm of Good Hart, Michigan, waiting patiently for the arrival of a stranger she's believed since childhood would one day carry on her legacy--the Very Cherry General Store. Like generations of Jackson women before her, Cherry Mary, as she's known locally, runs the community hub--part post office, bakery and sandwich shop--and had almost given up hope that the mysterious prediction she'd been told as a girl would come true and the store would have to pass to...a man. Becky Thatcher came to Good Hart with her ride-or-die BFF to forget that she's just turned forty with nothing to show for it. Ending up at the general store with Mary is admittedly not the beach vacation she expected, but the more the feisty octogenarian talks about destiny, the stronger Becky's memories of her own childhood holidays become, and the strange visions over the lake she was never sure were real. As she works under Mary's wing for the summer and finds she fits into this quirky community of locals, she starts to believe that destiny could be real, and that it might have something very special in mind for Becky..." -- From publisher's description.

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COMMUNITY REVIEWS

Michigan setting, summer read submitted by A2AE on August 20, 2023, 7:01pm This is a fun book set in Good Hart, Michigan and name drops lots of Up North details. It's worth the read just for that and is a great beach to read on a Lake Michigan vacation. I can't say it inspired me to read any other books by the author, the narrative was cliche and not exactly sophisticated (Emily Henry offers similar books that are much better written). Those who know the area will bristle at little details the author gets wrong (especially the perceived proximity between Good Hart and Traverse City), but the author's affection for the area makes up for it.