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I enjoyed this a lot. The personalities were funny and easy to imagine. I was sad about the ending, but anyone who has been through this sort of thing can see it happening easily. I want to recommend to friends, but feel I should warn them, which would spoil it.

This book took me by surprise. It's quieter than much of my reading lately, but with interesting and deeply woven characters and a tidy timeline to move things along. The description makes it sound quirky and funny, but I was completely sucked in to the emotional roller coaster and weighty responsibility of a congregational search committee. I knew nothing about Unitarian Universalists, although I became so engrossed and smitten with these characters that I searched for a congregation near me (there's not one, unfortunately). I am now requesting Huneven's other books through my library, so there's another endorsement :)