Katie Fforde is the perfect remedy for blues brought on by the never-end grayness of winter. Will spring ever really come?....
Sophie is the much put-upon adult daughter of an academic family whose finances are perpetually shaky. Sophie longs to go to school for tailoring or design. She is a talented seamstress, organized, efficient, good-natured, and viewed by her intellectual family as rather stupid and not worth educating. In truth, Sophie is endowed with both common sense and generosity, seeing people for who they are rather than what they can do for her. She has had a couple of really bad boyfriends, mostly guys who ask her to pay for their dates and only have time for her when they are not busy watching TV or out with the guys. In an effort to scape her family's derision and constant criticism, Sophie arranges to work as a nanny in New York for a month, hoping to track down some family contacts and settle some drilling rights for her adorable uncle Eric (referred to as "Evil Uncle Eric" by her avaricious family). When the job falls through she decides to look for temporary work and stay on for w few weeks. One day, while at an art show, Sophie spots and elderly woman looking rather wobbly on her feet and runs to help her. Of course Sophie's humanitarian gesture results in a wonderful new friendship with Matilda, a very rich American woman, originally from Cornwall whose very handsome lawyer grandson immediately gets off on the wrong foot with Sophie. Hmm! I wonder what will happen with these two?
A Perfect Proposal is enjoyable from page 1 through to the end. Fforde books are always refreshing and uplifting to read. She offers a particular type of substance that is missing from a lot of "chick lit" or romance and I always walk away liking her characters and wishing that I could find out what happens to them later. I loved this book!
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