This was quite the road movie, only for it to be a book :) With three enjoyable main characters, especially the banter between Charlie and his mother Jenny was a joy. And him praising her, saying she rocked for leaving her comfort zone on one particular day, something to do with not revisiting a sandwich she just had for lunch (in case I spoil things by revealing too much) almost had me in tears.

Jenny has set everything aside for Charlie and struggles to make ends meet, often feeling like she is not good enough in what she has to offer as a single mother. This means she has some issues with certain people for making her do everything on her own. Indeed, everyone's problems are validated, so is this, seriously.
It was nice to read that things can be somewhere in between instead of being black and white, even if that is easier to deal with since there are so many things in life we cannot control. In the end some people turn out to be quite a surprise.

And yet that is exactly what was a bit much for me in this too good to be true feelgood book. All of the painful loose ends being nicely wrapped up.
Personally, a feelgood book can still have some leftover, unresolved, toxic aspect in the background, despite or especially with a happy-ending for a more real-life feeling, methinks.

Thanks to Netgalley and the publisher for a copy of the book.