Review - Saturdays at Noon - Rachel Marks

Saturdays at Noon by Rachel Marks
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

When Jake and Emily meet, sparks fly.  And not the good kind . . .

Emily just wants to keep the world away.  She doesn't want anyone to know all the ways her life is messed up.  Going to anger management every Saturday, talking to strangers, was not part of the plan.

Jake just wants to keep his family together.  He's also messed everything up.
Going to anger management is now his best hope for bonding with his six-year-old Alfie.

Emily can't understand why Jake - who seems to have it all - is even there.
Jake can't understand why Alfie - who never likes strangers - lights up around spikey Emily.

Everything they think about each other is about to change.
But can they change how they feel about themselves?

I really enjoyed this book. I think most of us with children can relate to the temper tantrums of young children but this story is about the more challenging behaviour of a child eventually diagnosed with a form of autism. It's also about how the damage inflicted on children affects their later life and how we could all easily find ourselves in need of anger management classes. Throw in a romance and a good dollop of humour and it's hard not to like this book. It's fictional but it felt realistic to me.

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