Let's Pretend This Will Work: A Novel by Maddie Dawson

      Mimi believes in her psychic advisor and her lucky skirt, neither of which have failed her.  She is bright and creative and loves thrift shops, colorful clothing and the older Playwright who she’s almost engaged to.  Her NYC life is fun and interesting, and she feels like she’s on the right path.

Let’s Pretend This Will Work by Maddie Dawson

Then her fiancé has to leave NYC for Connecticut to care for his nearly grown daughters and his ex-wife. And since Mimi has lost her job at the posh school they both work at, she decides to be the supportive fiancé and move there too.

And then things get quirky.  She moves into an apartment above a co-op day care, and the fun really begins.

Maddie Dawson is one of the best quirky, upbeat and magical character writers out there, and her storytelling always brings a special light to them.  I fell for everyone one of them in this book, even the b*tchy ex-wife. 

Let’s Pretend This Will Work was published on June 1, 2024, by Lake Union Publishing.