Bestselling author Sarah Strohmeyer offers up a timely (and
recession-proof) treat about the things money can—and
can’t—buy. Living in New Jersey—the state that boasts the
most malls per capita—Kat’s favorite recreational activity
is a no-brainer: shopping. But when she discovers that her
husband, Griff, has been hiding a secret bank account, her
joyful consumerism suddenly loses its appeal. Are their
fights about money more serious than she understood? Is he,
as her friends suggest, preparing for a divorce? Just in
case, Kat decides it’s time to start saving.
Drastic
times call for drastic measures: Kat starts by canceling
cable and kicking her $240-a-month Starbucks habit. But what
starts out as a simple effort to cut costs becomes an
over-the-top obsession when Kat joins an eclectic but
lovable group of savers called the Penny Pinchers Club. Soon
she is pumping her gas at dawn (when it is thicker) and
serving dinner made from food she retrieved at the grocery
store dumpster. Kat is saving money, to be sure, but what
she’s really saving is time—time she spends with Griff,
their two kids . . . and an old flame who resurfaces at
precisely the wrong moment, offering Kat a life where money
is no object.
An irresistible and wonderfully
warm-hearted novel about the unexpected ways hardship can
lead to happiness, The Penny Pinchers Club is the
perfect pick-me-up for these troubled times.
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