The Magic of Found Objects

365 pages

English language

Published Aug. 1, 2021 by Lake Union Publishing.

ISBN:: 978-1-5420-2151-7

(1 review)

From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a feel-good story about becoming who you were meant to be all along.

Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning.

So when her best friend from childhood proposes that they give up on romance and marry each other, Phronsie agrees. Who better to spend your life with than your best friend? Maybe the connection they already have is love. Maybe there’s no falling to be done. But immediately after they announce their engagement, she encounters someone who makes a very charming and compelling argument for …

From the bestselling author of Matchmaking for Beginners comes a feel-good story about becoming who you were meant to be all along.

Phronsie Linnelle was conceived at Woodstock in a serendipitous liaison between a free-spirited hippie and a farmer’s son and was born with magical wonder flickering in her DNA and rationality knit into her bones. All her life she’s been torn between the two. But now that she’s been betrayed by both love and the mother she once idolized, her rational side is winning.

So when her best friend from childhood proposes that they give up on romance and marry each other, Phronsie agrees. Who better to spend your life with than your best friend? Maybe the connection they already have is love. Maybe there’s no falling to be done. But immediately after they announce their engagement, she encounters someone who makes a very charming and compelling argument for revisiting romance.

While her even-keeled stepmother argues for the safety that comes with her new engagement and her mother relays messages from the universe to hold out for true love, Phronsie must look to her own heart to find the answers that have been there all along.

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𝐋’𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐋 𝐃𝐔 𝐕𝐈𝐃𝐄. reviewed The Magic of Found Objects by Maddie Dawson

Find Your Own Magic

4 stars

The author took a long and winding road in weaving this tale. Phronsie is a love child, born out of Woodstock and her origin story plays a large part in her identity. Was she born of love and cosmic clashing, a work of magic? Or was she a mistake, an accident, something that caused heartache to her young and unwitting sperm and egg donors. Phronsie's birth mother is a believer in magic and her father is as no-nonsense and practical as they come. These two sides are present in Phronsie herself, and as she grows from child to teen to adult, she regularly wars with herself over this issue. Does she believe in love? Does she believe in magic? I found myself (repeatedly) frustrated with her choice in love interests. I enjoyed her witchy mama's words of wisdom the most. I struggled with the somewhat underdeveloped relationship she had with …

The author took a long and winding road in weaving this tale. Phronsie is a love child, born out of Woodstock and her origin story plays a large part in her identity. Was she born of love and cosmic clashing, a work of magic? Or was she a mistake, an accident, something that caused heartache to her young and unwitting sperm and egg donors. Phronsie's birth mother is a believer in magic and her father is as no-nonsense and practical as they come. These two sides are present in Phronsie herself, and as she grows from child to teen to adult, she regularly wars with herself over this issue. Does she believe in love? Does she believe in magic? I found myself (repeatedly) frustrated with her choice in love interests. I enjoyed her witchy mama's words of wisdom the most. I struggled with the somewhat underdeveloped relationship she had with her brother. In the end, I was not surprised with how things turned out, but found myself disappointed. I wanted the MC to find a deeper connection to her own magic.

Subjects

Contemporary Women's Fiction
Women's Friendship & Empowerment Fiction
Self-Discovery
Mother-Daughter Wisdom