If you look at the last review, I said I had a book I was supposed to be reading but stopped briefly. I have now completed that book. Since we are still on vacation, I'll be brief. The book is Chronicles of a Radical Hag (with recipes) by Lorna Landvik. To be totally honest, it was sent to me for review. It is not one I would buy. I crave thrillers, as you all know. I can't help it; I have an addiction! However, sometimes I get sent a book or someone strongly recommends just a regular good old story, that I have to read. Ninety-nine percent of the time I love them, in fact, my top five favorite books of all time are NOT thrillers. If people didn't insist I read a certain book or send it to me, I would be missing out. It is definitely a fault. Something I have to fix and quickly, as I would hate to have missed this story.
Chronicles of a Radical Hag is a wonderful book. It is about an older woman, Hazel, who has had a stroke. She writes a column for the local newspaper so while she is in the hospital (unconscious), the paper begins to rerun some of her old features. They basically tell her personal story and touch on things that are important at that time too, like the Challenger Space Shuttle exploding or about Princess Diana. Told moving between past and present, Hazel's life and those around her, the reader soon becomes enamored with many residents of the town. This heartwarming story illustrates, often with humor, how none of us is perfect but how we all are redeemable. If you like good stories this is for you, I cannot be any plainer. Get ready to laugh, cry and to think about this book for days after it is over.
I wondered where the title of this book was going! It sounds a fascinating concept, mixing major world events with the everyday life of a small town, and - crucially - making both of them as important as each other 😊
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