In her latest book THE PENNY PINCHER'S CLUB, Sarah
Strohmeyer shows us how life can change in a moment,
and how we often see only what we want to see and what
might not be necessarily the truth.
Kat Griffiths has come across emails on her husband's
computer, and those emails lead her to believe that her
husband of twenty years is getting ready to divorce her and
run off with his assistant, Bree.
Now the fun starts... Kat sure in her belief, and not wanting
to let on what she thinks she knows decides it's time to
face the music in regards to her spending. To that effort
she finally gives in to her housekeeper's pleas to attend a
meeting of the Rocky River Penny Pincher's Club.
The club is an eclectic mix of people, and Kat struggles to
find her place in the group. They however have no shyness,
and at Kat's first meeting they bundle everyone up and head
to her house to find out just how dire her financial
straights have become.
Throughout her struggle to become more frugal Kat is also
suffering with her undying love for her husband. Just when
she believes that life can't throw anything else her way
she's faced with having to decide to strike out on her own
in her professional life as well. An opportunity of a
lifetime is there if she's willing to reach out and grab
it. However, when she does will she be jeopardizing her
marriage even more, because that opportunity is in the form
of an ex love, Liam Novak.
While the Penny Pincher's Club focuses on Kat's story and
her struggle to decide whether or not to save her marriage
it also does a great job of telling the story of each
member of the group. As you read you want to cheer each
one on for facing their own personal demons and coming out
on the other side.
While tackling a serious issue that I'm sure many face
today Ms. Strohmeyer puts her unique spin on it and never
once does an issue seem to be trivialized. As I shut the
book I was happy that I knew where each member of the group
was headed, and that Kat had finally discovered her own
self worth, and that no matter how her marriage ended or
didn't she would be able to stand on her own two feet with
a secure financial picture ahead of her.
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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