Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything
Book Feature - Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair
HBL Note: This book sounds like an absolute delight. I already adore Agatha, just from the book’s synopsis. I love a flawed, quirky character that readers can’t help but adore. She reminds me just a tad of Bernadette Fox from Where’d You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple (the cover is reminiscent of that book, too…so that could be why she came to mind.) The first sentence of the synopsis made me chuckle, “Agatha Arch's life shatters when she discovers her husband in their backyard shed, in flagrante delicto, giving the local dog walker some heavy petting.” I’m eager to read more. Scroll down to read all about Agatha Arch is Afraid of Everything by Kristin Bair.
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From the publisher:
Agatha Arch's life shatters when she discovers her husband in their backyard shed, in flagrante delicto, giving the local dog walker some heavy petting. Suddenly, Agatha finds herself face to face with everything that frightens her...and that's a loooooong list.
Agatha keeps those she loves close. Everyone else, she keeps as far away as possible. So she's a mystery to nearly everyone in her New England town. To her husband, she's a saucy, no-B.S. writer. To her Facebook Moms group, she's a provocateur. To her neighbor, she's a standoffish pain in the butt. To her sons, she's chocolate pudding with marshmallows. And to her shrink, she's a bundle of nerves on the brink of a cataclysmic implosion.
Defying her abundant assortment of anxieties, Agatha dons her "spy pants"--a pair of khakis whose many pockets she crams with binoculars, fishing line, scissors, flashlight, a Leatherman Super Tool 300 EOD, candy, and other espionage essentials--and sets out to spy on her husband and the dog walker. Along the way, she finds another intriguing target to follow: a mysterious young woman who's panhandling on the busiest street in town.
It's all a bit much for timorous Agatha. But with the help of her Bear Grylls bobblehead, a trio of goats, and a dog named Balderdash, Agatha may just find the courage to build a better life.
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