Lou Ann Hunter, aka Lulu the Love Guru, is scheduled to start a trip to publicize her empire. Her specialty is giving advice on love, sex, and relationships. Lulu’s mother, Patricia, resides in a care home for the elderly because she has Alzheimer’s.
Unfortunately, Patricia loves men and has a propensity for wandering at night and getting into other people’s beds. The result is that she’s being expelled from the care home, her third one. With no where else to put her mother, Lulu cancels her trip.
Patricia expresses a desire to return to Sutton Hall, the plantation in Louisiana where she grew up. Wanting to honor her mother’s last wish, Lulu engages a nurse and they head for the plantation. Unfortunately the building is in serious disrepair, but Lulu has money and hires the local handyman, Simon, to make the house livable. He’s a hunk and after some disagreements, romance ensues.
Although there is romance, this is primarily women’s fiction highlighting the relationship between mothers and daughters. The book is often humorous, but in reality there’s nothing funny about Alzheimer’s. I thought the author did an excellent job describing the progress of the disease. The book is worth reading for this insight into the mental deterioration of a loved one.
I thought Patricia was a remarkable character. Suffering from a serious disease, but also remarkably humorous. Lulu is a good character, but I found her much harder to like and relate to than her mother. She seemed very self-centered. If you enjoy women’s fiction, this is an enjoyable read with a good message.
I received this book from Gallery Books for this review.
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