Mrs Plansky can do it herself, thank you very much

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Mrs. Plansky is a the perfect protagonist - likable, flawed, eccentric, unreliable. She loves her family and supports them to a fault, so when she receives a call from her grandson asking for money, she immediately complies. When she realizes she's been scammed out of her (and her late husband's) life savings from the invention an unusual kitchen appliance, she takes action.

Mrs. Plansky is resourceful and often sharp, though she is occasionally confused.

I became frustrated about halfway through when a few too many happy coincidences took place. Of course, this novel isn't one to take literally, and I'm fine suspending disbelief to a point. But she got a bit too lucky a few too many times. For that reason, I find it hard to imagine a second book in this series, as the first already required a lot of implausibilities.

I rooted for Mrs. Plansky and loved her internal monologue. Her thinking made sense to me, and I liked watching her grow throughout the novel.

I would read more from this author.