![]() ![]() She struggled with what to do for a career and never felt like she was good enough in any one area to make a career of it. I loved Joanna and found myself relating to her a lot. There weren’t huge areas of drama or angst, which was refreshing. ![]() I like reading stories where the characters feel real and are just kind of going through their regular lives. Looking back on the actual plot, not much happens – but not in a bad way at all. The story was incredibly quiet and character-driven, which I couldn’t help but enjoy. This book was such a pleasant surprise! I’ve never seen the movie When Harry Met Sally – I know, shame on me – but judging from the plot I read online, this book does a pretty good job of lining up with that! Joanna and Malcolm are two longtime friends who spend years dancing around the fact that they should probably stop being dummies and get together. "When Harry Met Sally" for the Millennial generation, set in the damp and drizzly neighborhoods of Portland, Oregon, Broken Homes and Gardens is an ode to friendship, lust, and the unrelenting pull of love. Their unconventional relationship is the only way, Joanna says, to protect herself from the specter of commitment, which inevitably leads to heartbreak. Not exactly on-again, off-again, Malcolm and Joanna are in-again, out-again: in love, out of each other’s arms, in an awkward co-living arrangement, out of the country. Published by Blank Slate Press on April 28th 2015Ī girl, a guy, a broken-down house. ![]()
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