Summertime is a great time to catch up on reading material that has been stacking up and this past week I found myself in need of an easy read while waiting for x-rays to be done in the hospital waiting room.
As luck would have it I happened to download a book called The Waiting Room by Joan S. Peck, that I was waiting to read. I did not quite expect to be reading it while I was doing my own waiting in the Waiting Room, but that is exactly what happened.
As I am writing this review for you, I am nursing a broken shoulder! That is making my life a little more difficult than Allison's, Bella's and Marianne's.
These three women met while undergoing their yearly Mammograms. Every woman knows how wonderful these tests are (not) and how they can bring you to your lowest common denominator! But it's a great way for three very diffferent women to meet. Allison the most outgoing of the three asks the other two if they would like to go out for a coffee after their mammograms are done.
Bella and Marianne had not made any other plans for that day, so going out for a nice brew after a stressful test seemed like a great idea.
For the first little while these three are testing the waters of friendship. They are learning a little bit about each other and after a few awkward moments, laughter is sounding around the table.
Each of these women knew that they had found something that they needed from each other. Nothing was more important than having someone to share life's moments (good ones and bad) with. Someone who understood what life was like from a woman's perspective. Who knows, this could be the start of a great friendship.
After that first girl's coffee date, they all decide that they will do this again in a weeks time. After all, they would be meeting back at the Waiting Room to get the results of their mammograms.
The Waiting Room is a lovely book that I'm sure many women could immediately relate to. There are crazy things happening in each of their lives and a good observation from an outside party is sometimes what is needed so badly. These three become sounding boards for each other and yes, they become the best of friends.
I really enjoyed this book as a summertime read, it's not heavy in details that you need to remember to make sense of the story line, but there are details in there that I'm sure most women could understand and have an opinion about.
Sit back, grab a good cup of coffee or lemonade and open this book. You will find yourself transported to another time in your life when you wish you had a really great friend to share your problems with, while finding solutions that work for everyone.
I'm sure you won't be disappointed!
HAPPY SUMMERTIME READING
