The Late Bloomers Club, book review

This was the perfect book for my mood the past few weeks. It is simple, yet complex, and full of niceness. It is set in a small town in the Northeast Kingdom, otherwise known as northeastern Vermont. A development company has set its sites on acquiring property in fictional Guthrie, and is determined to install a big box store. At the same time, Nora, owner of the local diner, inherits a piece of property that the developer is interested in when it's owner, Peggy the cake lady dies. Nora's sister is part owner, and her vote is to sell the property, take the money, and run. Nora has spent her life caring for people; her mother when she became, ill, her father when he could not fathom how to live without his wife, her younger sister, Kit. She has to learn how to juggle all the demands on her time and resources, but at the same time, she wants to keep her small town intact and not let the developer interfere with "keeping Guthrie small."

It is a satisfying book, with characters I came to truly like and appreciate. I found myself sad when the book came to an end. A true feel-good book, I am so pleased to have been able to read it in advance from Net Galley in exchange for a review.