Early Morning Riser by Katherine Heiny (2021) 317 pages
Jane moved to Boyne City, Michigan to teach second grade. She falls in love, meets people, deals with her mother's visits, and more. Jane meets Duncan soon after she moves in, and despite the fact that he has slept with almost every other woman in Boyne City and says he's not the marrying type (at least not anymore, since his marriage to Aggie ended), she sets her sights on him. Also prominent in the story is Jimmy, a sweet, but somewhat mentally deficient man whom Duncan employs in his woodshop.
The story follows Jane for 17 years; it's comforting to watch someone go through real life, appreciating the cute things that her second graders say and do, going through emotional ups and downs without being a drama queen, and coming into her own. Numerous "slice of life" bits in the story make it so endearing.
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