Book review - Living With Chickens by Ginnine Josete

Book - Living With Chickens

Author - Ginnine Josete

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Review:

Living With Chickens is a book that follows the story of Gladys, a 50-something year old who lives on her own, other than her chickens that she has, uses her tablet and the help of Mrs Google to find answers to questions and has many unique quirks that can either make her endearing or a nightmare.  

After Gladys finds some mushrooms in her garden she decides to try them and suddenly finds herself having much more confidence, sleeping better, etc but are these mushrooms maybe magic?

This story is very well written and Gladys is one of those characters that we all know, that one who answers a question with 'uh, erm, well, yes, no, ah but you see, what did you ask again?' and when we aren't exasperated by them we find them loveable.  Can Mr Johnson, the next door neighbour see past the exasperating woman and find that loveable part that is buried deep down or will Sam the rooster have crowed too much for Mr Johnson to see anything beyond the frustration of the noise nuisance?

I found that I really did enjoy this book and wasn't sure where it was going at times, what to expect next, whether I was rooting for Gladys or finding her annoying and for me this all added to the feel of the book.  I found the story to have endearing characters, that unique feel that is rare to come across and the only real mark down is due to a little editing but I could see past this to find a great story that really is worth checking out.