a cross country christmas courtney walsh

I mean…librarians like myself help authors get their books into the hands of readers. So, it made me sad to see such a thing show up multiple times in this book that I was really enjoying. That stereotype ship has sailed away…actually it sailed away back in the 90’s. As a librarian, and someone who cares about my appearance, I find it disheartening that authors (of all people) are still using negative language to describe librarian appearance. And the “who looks like a librarian now” comment after Lauren got dressed up with makeup and did her hair. However, I’m sad to see multiple negative appearance references to “looking like a librarian” when the author was describing the main character Lauren as not as attractive as someone else. It would also make an excellent holiday film, with heavy themes of family and forgiveness. It was well-written and kept my interest. I really liked this story, with the clean, closed door romance and second chance piece. but like any good Christmas carol, it does have a second verse. On this cross-country road trip, they’ll both discover that history doesn’t exactly repeat itself. He’s trying to prove to her (and himself) that he has. She’s convinced that people don’t change. Now, thanks to her fear of flying, she’s stuck in a car with him from California to Illinois. Unfortunately for Lauren, she’s been trying to forget college baseball coach and childhood crush Will Sinclair for more than ten years. But this December, Lauren’s brother and his wife are expecting a baby, so her brother arranges a ride home for her with his good friend, Will. After all, she has plenty to keep her busy-namely, her duties as a set decorator on a TV sitcom.

Which is why she rarely makes the trip home to the Midwest for the holidays. Lauren Richmond isn’t a fan of Christmas.

A cross country christmas courtney walsh