Book: The Breakdown Lane

Another great Mitchard novel

I love Jaquelyn Mitchard. Not as much as Barbara Kingsolver, but now more than Anne Rivers Siddons (whose recent books haven’t been as good as her earlier works) or most of the other authors I’m a regular reader of. I don’t think this book was quite as engrossing as her newer release, Cage of Stars, but it was still quite good and I liked the ending of this one better. Mitchard’s books are each unique stories and I love the way she tackles difficult issues. This book is about a woman whose husband has a mid-life crisis and leaves her with three kids right about the same time as she finds out she has multiple sclerosis. But it isn’t depressing or in my opinion, rather a story of coping and moving on and life being life. I recommend this book.