📖 BOOK REVIEW⠀📚
BOOK: The Helpline
AUTHOR: Katherine Collette
Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐
Published: Sept, 2018
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Germaine loses her job because she was involved with her boss. I have read a few books lately that have started this way. Then Germaine gets a new job working at a helpline for seniors. But what you need to know about Germaine is that I am pretty sure she has some sort of social disorder. She sees things as black and white, doesn’t like being around people and generally thinks her way is better than everyone else’s. But then she starts to see how helping people can help her break out of that.⠀
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So, I enjoyed this book. However it was not an easy read for me. Most of the time I just wanted to roll my eyes from the situations and the way the main character reacted to them. I am, however, appreciative of the depth of which this particular disposition is written. I do not know if the author wrote with a social disorder in mind or just created a complex individual different from the cookie cutter heroines we sometimes see. Either way, it was interesting to get through.
Small Summary:
Germaine Johnson may not be all that good with people but she’s great with numbers. Unfortunately, as she discovers after the incident at Wallace Insurance, there are very few openings these days for senior mathematicians.
Then her cousin gets her a job at the council. On the Senior Citizens Helpline.
It’s not the resume entry Germaine wanted—but it turns out Mayor Verity Bainbridge has something more interesting in mind for her. A secret project involving the troublemakers at the senior citizens centre and their feud with the golf club next door. Which is run by the strangely attractive Don Thomas.
Don and the mayor want the seniors closed down.
Germaine wants what Don and the mayor want. But when she’s forced to get to know the ‘troublemakers’—things get more complicated.
A sharp, witty, big-hearted comedy from a hilarious new Australian writer, Katherine Collette’s The Helpline is about people power and brain power—and the difficulty of getting them to work together.
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I voluntarily read and reviewed an advanced copy of this book. All thoughts and opinions are my own. Received from Netgalley.