Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda Review

I received a digital copy of Here, Home, Hope from One 2 One Network. Here, Home, Hope is a book about a mother who has become restless with her life. Everything is becoming a routine and nothing new is exciting. I can relate to this. I bet many of us could really relate. I know that my life has settled into the "Mommy Routine". The same thing happens every day. Take care of the kids, the house, the pets. Cook dinner, baths, bedtime. Same ol' same ol'. Kelly, the main character, decides to "spice up" her life in this book. I have been doing stuff to try to get out of the same old routine. Like going to Dollywood, yard saling, and just getting out of the house! What ways have you been getting out of your routines?

About Here, Home, Hope by Kaira Rouda (incerpt taken from Good Reads)
Kelly Mills Johnson becomes restless in her thirty-ninth year. An appetite for more forces her to take stock of her middling middle-American existence and her neighbors' seemingly perfect lives. Her marriage to a successful attorney has settled into a comfortable routine, and being the mother of two adorable sons has been rewarding. But Kelly's own passions lie wasted. She eyes with envy the lives of her two best friends, Kathryn and Charlotte, both beautiful, successful businesswomen who seem to have it all. Kelly takes charge of her life, devising a midlife makeover plan.

From page one, Kelly's witty reflections, self-deprecating humor, and clever tactics in executing that plan—she places Post-it notes all over her house and car—will have readers laughing out loud. The next instant, however, they might rant right along with Kelly as her commitment to a sullen, anorexic teenager left on her doorstep tries her patience or as she deflects the boozy advances of a divorced neighbor. Readers will need to keep the tissue box handy, too, as Kelly repairs the damage she inflicted on a high school friend; realizes how deeply her husband, Patrick, understands and loves her; and ultimately grows into a woman empowered by her own blend of home and career.

Here, Home, Hope will surely appeal to readers of chick lit and other women's fiction titles who are ready to transition into something new in their own life.