There is a reason this book has been a best seller all over the world! It is a great read! “The Red Address Book” is the tender and touching story of Doris, a 96-year-old, as she approaches death. The story centers on her address book and those contained in it that she has loved. It is a gentle story yet the strength of Doris and her last living relative, Jenny, shines throughout. Both women, while handling Doris’ pending death in their own way, approach it with courage and grace. One of the things that makes this book wonderful to read and thought-provoking is that the grace both Doris and Jenny hold is not perfectly packaged. The journey is at times messy with uncertainty, doubt, and fear, but there is no mistaking it is rich with grace just the same. Like all great reads, “The Red Address Book” will leave you finishing the last page and wishing for more! I was honored to receive an advanced copy of this book through BookishFirst and the Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.