The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jaco..., Matthew Dicks
The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jaco..., Matthew Dicks
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The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs
A Novel

Author: Matthew Dicks

Narrator: Cynthia Hopkins

Unabridged: 7 hr 17 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/08/2015


Synopsis

Caroline Jacobs has lost herself. She's a wife, mother (to a tattooed teenage daughter she avoids), Sears Portrait Studio photographer, and wimp. Asserting herself, taking the reins, or facing life head-on are not in her repertoire. So when Caroline suddenly cracks and screams "Fuck you!" at the PTA president, she is shocked. So is her husband. So is the PTA president. So is everyone. But Caroline soon realizes the true cause of her outburst can be traced back to something that happened to her as a teenager, a scarring betrayal by her best friend Emily. This act changed Caroline's life forever. So, with a little bit of bravery flowing through her veins, Caroline decides to go back to her home town and confront Emily. She busts her daughter Polly out of school, and the two set off to deliver the perfect comeback, which is twenty-five years in the making. But nothing goes as planned. Long buried secrets begin to rise to the surface, and Caroline will have to face much more than one old, bad best friend.

A heartwarming story told with Matthew Dicks' signature wit, The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs is a deceptively simple novel about the ways in which our childhood experiences reverberate through our lives, and the bravery of one woman trying to change her life and finds true understanding of her daughter, and herself, along the way.

About Matthew Dicks

MATTHEW DICKS is a writer and elementary school teacher. His articles have been published in the Hartford Courant and he has been a featured author at the Books on the Nightstand retreat. He is also a Moth storyteller and a two-time StorySLAM champion. Dicks is the author of the novels Memoirs of an Imaginary Friend, Something Missing, and Unexpectedly Milo. He lives in Newington, Connecticut, with his wife, Elysha, and their children, Clara and Charlie.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Esil on August 12, 2015

The Perfect Comeback of Caroline Jacobs is one of those perfect lighthearted novels with a serious undertone. The book opens with Caroline swearing at a popular mother at a PTO meeting. It turns out that this is a momentous event in Caroline's life, because up to that point she has been a mousy conf......more

Goodreads review by Shelleyrae on September 10, 2015

"It was that moment, that very instant, that Caroline's idea was born. The boldest, craziest idea of her life. It wasn't a fully formulated plan. It wasn't even a fully formulated idea. But it was the beginning of an idea. The spark....Caroline Jacobs knew that if she didn't act now, she never would......more

Goodreads review by Meredith (Trying to catch up!) on August 04, 2015

4.5 stars Intensely shy and always eager to please, Caroline Jacobs is at her wits-end. Sick of seeing a mother, who is quite similar to Caroline, get bullied by the president of the PTO, Caroline finally lets out what she's been holding in and tells the president of the PTO to F*OFF during a meeting......more