Monday, May 2, 2016

The decent proposal

The decent proposal / Kemper Donovan 309 pages

Richard is a good looking but broke producer, Elizabeth is a hard working attorney who is going places but is a little light on personal relationships and not interested in breaking her rigid schedule.  Richard and Elizabeth have never met but an unknown benefactor wants to pay them each $500,000 to get together and talk for two hours a week for the next year.  At first they are a little unsure but Richard is broke so needs the money and Elizabeth figures the hourly rate is much higher than the firm is paying her so they decide to give it a try.  They start getting to know each other slowly, she is a little worried he is too shallow, he is a little worried she is no fun.  They turn their time together into discussions about books and movies and slowly start seeing each other's good points.
In the end the benefactor decides to meet them...turns out there is a connection but it isn't obvious.

I thought this would be kind of a mindless romance but it was more than that.  There aren't many characters but each is interesting in their own way.

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