A post-graduation stopover in her small hometown turns into career quicksand. Can love help her climb out?
After college, 23-year-old Kelsey Whitaker expected a dream job—not a one-way ticket back to her small hometown with nothing but a psychology degree her dad predicted would be useless. By day, she scans groceries and silently analyzes shopping carts. By night, she scours job boards, desperate for her Big Career Break.
Then a customer slips her a receipt with a desperate plea for help scribbled on the back. Soon, Kelsey is running a secret counseling service from her checkout lane—where her “clients” keep multiplying, the risks keep rising, and the guy in produce keeps making her wonder if escape is really what she wants.
When a long-distance dream job finally comes calling, Kelsey must decide: race toward the future she’s always imagined, or hold on to the unexpected purpose—and love—she’s found in the last place she thought she’d belong.
Gwen Rockwood reports on life in 700-word chunks for the readers of her weekly newspaper column, The Rockwood Files. Funny, poignant and relatable, this collection tracks her evolution from naïve newlywed to resourceful mom on the assignment of her life – raising three kids in the spin cycle of a busy home life.
She finds big meaning in the little moments of marriage and mothering, telling stories that resonate with readers both in and out of the parenting trenches.
Complete with a beautiful collection of photos by award-winning photographer Lisa McSpadden, this book will become a nightstand favorite for those craving moments of connection and humor within themes familiar to all of us – marriage, childhood, animals, holidays and more.