Making Lemonade

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Pub Date 15 Dec 2016 | Archive Date 30 Jan 2018

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Description

On her 50th birthday, Missouri Rothman did not get the Tahiti vacation she dreamed of or the surprise birthday party she expected. Instead, a university student totaled her car, her boss – after 16 years of loyal and excellent service – gave her a letter of termination, and her professor husband of 32 years asked for a divorce so he could marry his post-doc student with the 18-inch waist and perky boobs. Half a century old, jobless, and with only a high school diploma, Missouri must take the lemons that life has thrown her and make the best lemonade ever – even if it means traveling to Italy alone to do it.

On her 50th birthday, Missouri Rothman did not get the Tahiti vacation she dreamed of or the surprise birthday party she expected. Instead, a university student totaled her car, her boss – after 16...


Advance Praise

“Muriel Pritchett’s Making Lemonade is a wonderfully sad-sweet page turner of a novel, peppered with her trademark wit and filled with great expectations and greater romantic interludes.” –Rita Bhimani, author of The Corporate Peacock 

“Muriel Pritchett’s Making Lemonade is a wonderfully sad-sweet page turner of a novel, peppered with her trademark wit and filled with great expectations and greater romantic interludes.” –Rita...


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Enjoyed this engaging story of a just-turned-50 woman who had huge life changes foisted upon her. Sometimes it is the deepest pain that helps us get to the real heart of ourselves. Well written storyline. Would just like to have seen more character built in to Missouri. But the story, in true lemonade fashion, a true mix of both sweet and sour.

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I received an Advanced Reader Copy from NetGalley for my unbiased opinion of the book. I enjoyed this book. Its about second chances people don't usually get going into the second half of their life. Missouri (love the name) is lucky enough to have a few since she was handed a large bag of lemons by her employer and spouse. I applaud the author for giving a voice to 50+ women. Life begins at 50!!!

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A book that is sweet-sour. I really appreciated the attention to over 50 women and really enjoyed the story.
It was sad at times but I was involved in the characters' story and enjoyed the plot.
Really recommended if you want to reflect on how the worst time can be those that help you to turn page and rediscover yourself.
Many thanks to Black Rose Writing and Netgalley

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This book was a pleasant read, I found it quite predictable with well rehearsed characters and plot. It was an easy afternoon read, and I’m sure would be perfect for lovers of romance.

Thank you NetGalley for an early edition.

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It's Missouri 50th birthday and she is looking forward to celebrating, perhaps even a surprise party. But her birthday doesn't go well: she writes off her car, she loses her job and to top it off she is dumped after 32 years of marriage by her husband Doyle for a younger model.

Devastated at first, she then turns her life around and signs up to do an art course, first locally and then in Italy.

In this story, whilst I feel for Missouri, she seems to scream rather a lot, which feels dull, a more range of emotions could be used.

If you enjoy painting, art history or about architecture in Italy then this during the story gives much of that which can at times be a little overwhelming when it names a place here, which then moves to another street, a historical artist, you get the picture... It's as if the story is a mismatch of the fiction and fact worlds colliding.

I was provided with a copy of this book from netgalley for a honest review.

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Having wit and sadness, this book hits ya where it hurts. Life definitely isn’t easy and Missouri is definitely my fav character as this wonderfully artistic, beautifully written novel that takes you to where many go when rejected.

This books shows how one woman turned her lemons into lemonade and added some drama and fun times to make this a five star novel!

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This was my last book of 2017, and what a lovely book to finish off my year of reading on New Year’s Eve! I was drawn to this title because both me and the main character were approaching our 50th birthdays. I needed something to cheer me up and this cover looked very cheery indeed.

I really liked Missouri, and felt so sorry for the way her lousy husband treated her. She was a lovely character who felt very real, reacting the way she did considering her circumstances. Her character development was very natural, going from shock horror to self pity and self doubt, to the thought that maybe she could change her life with the right help.

I loved the Italian setting, and really enjoyed how Missouri immersed herself in her new life, being enraptured by it all. It wasn’t all plain sailing though, as you can imagine, but this added to the story, as life threw the unexpected lemons Missouri’s way on more than one occasion.

An easy read, with a wonderful life affirming storyline for women of a certain age. Life doesn’t stop at 50 it just begins.

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Making Lemonade by Muriel Ellis Pritchett is a delightful book about  Missouri Rothman whose life falls apart on her 50th birthday. In one day she loses her job, husband, and her car is totaled. What an inspiring book, as Missouri rebuilds her life and tackles new experiences. I read it in one sitting and I recommend it.

I received this book in exchange for a fair and honest review.

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Poor Missouri, her idyllic life was shattered in a day but she took those lemons and made some lemonade. I enjoyed this book and it's descriptions of the Italian cities and the plaza's that made me feel like I was there with her. I was disappointed in the ending as I felt it was a bit abrupt. I would have loved to had an epilogue chapter that showed what her life was like a few years later.

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Making Lemonade is the story of a woman finding herself and chasing her dreams and goals after she turns 50! It was a lovely read, showing age is just a number and the power it has over us is what we let it have in the first place.

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A pleasant easy read, with a feelgood story about an older(well, 50) woman making a new life for herself. Really didn't like the name Missouri - is anyone really called that? Having been handed lemons in the form of a cheating husband, and losing her job too, she decided to take her life in a new direction with amazing results. I thought the writing style was a bit too simplistic overall, but nonetheless a cheery read and a quiet but determined heroine.
Thanks to the publisher for a digital review copy.

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What a nice sweet book to read. Nothing taxing except an enjoyable read.

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Thank you for the advance reading copy . My review is my own.
This is a fabulous book ! A true adventure. If you are a women over 40 you need to read this book. Its the tale of all of us that are dumped First Wives losing our husbands to younger girls, lost a job to a takeover and had to start over late in life. I loved this story of Missouri who turns 50 and has every bad event that can possibly happen to her occur on her Birthday.
After her series of particularly bad events that happen to coincide with her 50th Birthday, Missouri reevaluates her life and what she wants to do. She takes an art course and then leaves for Italy to study art. What better place to start over. The adventure for her begins in Italy as she takes in the architecture , the art and the people. I loved how she reinvented herself and finds joy again.
This is a story that resonates with all of us women of a certain age. It is especially important in how we are discarded after 50 and deemed unimportant by American Society.. You can feel you spirits lift for her as she is treated better in Italy, found to be important to those she builds relationships with. This is something that does not occur in the US where older women are ignored , discarded and treated like we are invisible. I applaud the author for creating a story for we old women and telling all our story through your words. Very well done ! I loved this book and highly recommend it for your reading enjoyment.

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Mother and housewife Missouri Rothman finds out her husband is leaving her for a much younger woman. After the divorce she is depressed but a friend makes her realize she has so much ahead of her. She decides to go back to college and study art. She is a wonderful artist and gets to go to Italy.
I enjoyed this book so much. The character is so relatable.

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This was an enjoyable book as I found the protagonist very endearing. Her courage to deal with life's curveballs was inspiring at many levels. Overall, a refreshing, uplifting read.

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