The Scandalous Summer of Sissy LeBlanc

I was blessed to be able to take a mini-vacation this weekend. Because it was cold and I was at the beach, much of my time was spent reading. I brought this book with me, not sure if it was going to be something I would enjoy or one that I would just drop off in the room for the next visitor or the maid. Fortunately, it was a good read. The book focused on Sissy LeBlanc, a married woman and essentially her youth and one summer that changed her life.

There were moments when I thought this was going to be a Harlequin novel at certain points from the purple prose that riddled a few pages, but it really wasn't. It was a coming of age story, mostly based in the 1950's, but with a few detours here and there. The feeling I got from the book was that of a person living a too small life who is finally able to burst out of it and live. I needed to read it when I did. I left it in the hallway so that someone else can pick it up. It was good enough to pass on.