One Plus One by Jojo MoyesMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
Another great tome by Jojo Moyes!
What do you get when you throw a math genius, her gothic brother, their desperately optimistic mother, and their slobbering behemoth dog into a plush luxury car owned and driven by an arrogant executive recently charged with insider trading? One heck of a story! The math genius, Tanzie (short for Costanza, which, up until now, I thought was a piece of office furniture), is desperate to win the Maths Olympiad in Scotland so she can afford to attend the school of her choice. Jess, her mother, has no car, no money and no prospects, but somehow remains fueled by hope. Tanzie's brother Nicky is Jess's estranged husband's son, but she raises him as her own. The owner of the luxury car, Ed, is one of Jess's clients--she cleans his house.
It's a study of humanity: our capacity for forgiveness, our belief in ourselves and our ability to make do with what we have.
I'll let you discover the rest of it as you go along. It's a great ride.
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