The Unplanned Life of Josie Hale

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Rock bottom wasn't on Josie Hale's vision board...but it sure knows her name.

Newly divorced, unexpectedly pregnant with her ex-husband's baby, and flat broke, Josie returns to her Ohio hometown with nothing but a half-burned journal and a craving for deep-fried comfort. But when she bumps into two childhood friends, they offer her more than a place to crash—they offer a lifeline.

As Josie rebuilds from the rubble, she finds herself at the center of an unconventional household filled with loyalty, laughter...and maybe even love. What starts as survival turns into a journey of second chances, self-worth, and the families we choose when life doesn't go as planned.

Brimming with heart, wit, and characters who feel like lifelong friends, The Unplanned Life of Josie Hale is the perfect blend of feel-good women's fiction and second-chance romance. If you're craving a laugh-out-loud, emotionally honest escape about starting over, Josie's story is exactly what you've been waiting for.

"Eding infuses her playful story with heart and teasing goodwill." —Publishers Weekly

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Alison Robinson
May 13, 2022
Josie Hale has split up from her husband and moved back in with her parents. Unfortunately, in an attempt to reconcile they got together one last time and now she's pregnant. Oh, and her parents have announced that they are selling the family home and moving to a condo so she is about to be homeless. Walking round the county fair Josie bumps into Kevin and Ben, two old school friends who she hasn't seen for years. After the three of them commiserate over how bad their twenties have been: Kevin works for his father's insurance company, which he hates; and Ben got his girlfriend pregnant at nineteen, now he has an eleven year old daughter who he only sees once a month, they enter into the Corn Dog Pact to improve all of their lives, financially, professionally, and romantically, by the time the last of them turns thirty-one. I see that this was meant to be funny, but all I could think was that three thirty-year old adults were living like a bunch of teenagers, eating badly and drifting through life aimlessly. Heck it even took Kevin to tell Josie she couldn't eat or drink certain things whilst pregnant. To make it worse, Josie is supposed to be a teacher - how did she and her husband live before she left him? Also I don't quite understand how they all started saving money when they earned no more than previously and clearly hadn't been spending money on anything substantial previously. Maybe I'm just too old but this really didn't do it for me. I received a free copy of this book from the publisher via NetGalley in return for an honest review.
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About the author

Stephanie Eding specializes in humorous women’s fiction about the struggles of adulthood in the twenty-first century. She works as a freelance editor, cleans when stressed, and hates cooking but loves to eat. Away from her desk, she’s a wife, mother, expert napper, and leader of a cat horde.

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