Dymphna Pearl raises angora rabbits and uses the fur for yarn to
use in her professional knitting. Life in sunny California is about
to change when she receives a financial bequest that could set
her up nicely. To do this, Dymphna will have to help rebuild the
Texas ghost town along with seven other recipients. Six months doesn't
seem so long for the host of a video podcast--does it?
Cleo Johnson Primb's billionaire father died, leaving a puzzling
request in his will. Trying to make amends to certain people for
various reasons, he has included these six unlikely strangers along
with his daughter, to carry out his request before receiving their
inheritance. Along with Dymphna there is Bertha Belmont, an
eighty-year-old woman once involved with the deceased; Wallace
Watanabe, a Japanese American; Cleo's nephew Elwood (a
professor); goth Polly Orchid; and a classic bodybuilder black
man, Ray Darling "Titan." They have absolutely nothing in common. Each
receives a credit card with $1,000 line and no way to use it in Fat
Chance. Using their own resources after each being assigned a
different type of property with supplies to suit the establishment,
they eventually manage to make it somewhat of a home and a
family with no interference of Internet reception, phones, etc.
These mismatched strangers are sharing the town with an
opinionated buzzard, an old donkey, goats, chickens, and an
aggressive rattlesnake. Is there a chance that love can be found
among the strangers? This just might be what it takes for each of
them to make it their own "second chance".
This unusual story grabbed me at once with the mystery of how this
was going to work. People from different walks of life sequestered
together with the bare minimum and only their own resources to draw
from. There's something new at each turn to make them grow and
change. The journey through this read is profound and captivating,
as well as extremely imaginative. This is a wonderful clean and
fulfilling tale of renewal and re-evaluated priorities. The author has
made this a very interesting and exciting read that I totally enjoyed.
For champion professional knitter Dymphna Pearl, inheriting
part of a sun-blasted ghost town in the Texas hill country
isn’t just unexpected, it’s a little daunting. To earn a
cash bequest that could change her life, she’ll have to
leave California to live in tiny, run-down Fat Chance for
six months—with seven strangers. Impossible! Or is it?
Trading her sandals for cowboy boots, Dymphna dives into her
new life with equal parts anxiety and excitement. After all,
she’s never felt quite at home in Santa Monica anyway. Maybe
Fat Chance will be her second chance. But making it
habitable is going take more than a lasso and Wild West
spirit. With an opinionated buzzard overlooking the
proceedings and mismatched strangers learning to become
friends, Dymphna wonders if unlocking the secrets of her own
heart is the way to strike real gold.
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