Josie Brooks is a fast-moving, pragmatic forty-seven year old independent systems analyst and consultant who moves from company to company making recommendations for streamlining operations. She faces professional and personal decisions in a militaristic manner. What does she do about hot flashes? She researches approaches. Josie has no friends, calls her dad by his first name, and sells her mother's dining room furniture.
Everything changes when she purchases a snowglobe with what appears to be running water in a serene spring scene. Josie finds herself thirsting for relationships. She encounters misperceptions about her family that were responsible for forming her life-attitudes and decisions. What should she do about this overwhelming thirst?
Charlene Ann Baumbich has created realistic, lively characters such as Lyle Waters the "sappy....bleeding heart" and Frank the office gossip. The creative imagery depicted surrounding the snowglobe is masterful.
I received this complimentary copy of "Divine Appointments" from Waterbrook/Multnomah Publishing Group for the purpose of review. I loved the book so much that I read it twice. It reminds us that everything is not as it first appears, especially people. I would recommend this book to anyone who enjoys reading about life journeys.
