"The worth of a book is to be measured by what you can carry away from it." (James Bryce)

Friday, December 26, 2014

ONE HUNDRED NAMES (Cecilia Ahern)

Kitty Logan is a very flawed human being.  Having barely survived a major network scandal that is still having disgusting personal repercussion, she is mainly focused, not on redeeming herself or making amends for her lack of judgment,  but rather on figuring out what is best for her own survival.  Her dying friend, employer, and mentor, Constance, tasks Kitty with writing the story that she always wanted to write herself but now never will.  The only problem is that Kitty's only clue to what exactly the story involves is a list of 100 names left in an envelope in Constance's desk. 

As she attempts to discover Constance's intent and track down the 100 people on the list, Kitty begins to grow and evolve along with Constance's story.  Ahern introduces a series of weird, but endearing, characters whose names are on the list to join Kitty on her journey towards the story of a lifetime.  Each of these people have a story, but Kitty has difficulty figuring out a connection and worries that she will not be able to present her idea to Pete, her supervisor, by her deadline.  Sadness, frustration, humor, and great joy will be encountered before Kitty realizes what Constance was trying to teach her all along.

I wasn't too sure about this when I picked it up, but I really enjoyed it from start to finish and I think that you will, too!

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