Promises to Keep by Jane Green

So, a new author for me...Jane Green.  I picked this up as a book to listen to in the car (can't stand the radio anymore and I get bored of the same music over and over).  It seemed like an easy listen...not too heavy...not too intense...something I could listen to in bits and pieces.  It's about Callie Perry a happily married photographer with two wonderful kids, a lovable sister, Steffi, and a best friend, Lila. Problems are minor in their lives: Steffi, a vegetarian chef can never settle down; Lila, a slightly plump, short 40 something year old Jewish woman has finally found love but the guy has a nightmare of an ex. Callie and Steffi's divorced parents haven't spoken in 30 years but it's something everyone accepts.  Suddenly, as life sometimes does, tragedy strikes when Callie, a breast cancer survivor, is diagnosed with a rare and incurable complication of the disease. Suddenly realizing that she has only months to live, she begins the painful process of saying good-bye.

It does sound like a heavy plot but really, it isn't.  Considering the subject matter, the story still manages to be light.  It borders on the corny side, definitely, but I never wanted to turn it off and just turn it back into the library (because it was a couple days overdue).  There were about 15-20 recipes at the end of the chapters too, which I wish I had the actual book with which to copy them from...some of them sounded deeeelicious.  Certainly a book I'd recommend for an easy listen if that's your thing or even a quick, easy read.  I'd certainly pick this author up again.