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Agatha Arch Is Afraid of Everything
Agatha Arch Is Afraid of Everything | Kristin Bair
8 posts | 10 read | 5 to read
A quirky, nervous wreck of a New England mom is forced to face her many fears in this touching, irresistible novel from author Kristin Bair O'Keeffe. Agatha Arch's life shatters when she discovers her husband in their backyard shed, in flagrante delicto, giving the local dog walker some heavy petting. Suddenly, Agatha finds herself face to face with everything that frightens her...and that's a loooooong list. Agatha keeps those she loves close. Everyone else, she keeps as far away as possible. So she's a mystery to nearly everyone in her New England town. To her husband, she's a saucy, no-B.S. writer. To her Facebook Moms group, she's a provocateur. To her neighbor, she's a standoffish pain in the butt. To her sons, she's chocolate pudding with marshmallows. And to her shrink, she's a bundle of nerves on the brink of a cataclysmic implosion. Defying her abundant assortment of anxieties, Agatha dons her "spy pants"--a pair of khakis whose many pockets she crams with binoculars, fishing line, scissors, flashlight, a Leatherman Super Tool 300 EOD, candy, and other espionage essentials--and sets out to spy on her husband and the dog walker. Along the way, she finds another intriguing target to follow: a mysterious young woman who's panhandling on the busiest street in town. It's all a bit much for timorous Agatha. But with the help of her Bear Grylls bobblehead, a trio of goats, and a dog named Balderdash, Agatha may just find the courage to build a better life.
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rebbyj
Mehso-so

I didn't really like this one. But it had these moments that will stay with me.

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Twainy
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I read 51 books in March. Here are 19 of my favorites. 🖤 good reading month. So many good books & some duds. I haven‘t finished CyberStorm so maybe there will be 20 great nooks ...

Reggie Holy wow!!! Great job! 3y
Twainy @Reggie 😆 I don‘t watch much tv. I‘m halfway thru season 4 of Rick & Morty & I bought it 6 weeks ago. It‘s only 10 episodes. I listen to books as I have very little time to actually read. I just got my kindle back for book club but it‘s collecting dust again. I totally feel like I‘m cheating by listening to most of that book. 3y
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Twainy
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#3WordReviews

Silly, sarcastic, sweet

Thanks for the tag @wanderinglynn 😁

wanderinglynn Sounds like a fun book! 👍🏻 3y
Twainy @wanderinglynn it‘s the book I didn‘t know I needed. Sweet, comforting, funny. 3y
ShyBookOwl Stacked! 3y
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Twainy
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Pickpick

🎧 Agatha accidentally finds her hubby in the tool shed with the neighborhood dog walker, picks up an ax & hacks the shed to pieces.

She can‘t let it go. Her hubby moves in with the younger woman & they share the kids. All along Agatha is spying on them & the lengths that she goes to 😆😆😆 There‘s a FB mom group & you quickly determine that Agatha‘s not only unhappy but also afraid of everything.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️2/3 👇🏻

Twainy She calls her health professional Shrinky Dink. Some pop culture references made me laugh. Her big swear word is Fother Mucker.

Agatha‘s an oddball woman who‘s stronger than she thinks. Loved it!! I‘d label this chick lit. It sort of reminds me of Where‘d you go, Bernadette? Maybe in tone or humor?
3y
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imabusybee
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Pickpick

Hilarious, sweet and you can't help but cheer her on!

rachelm I looooved this one. 3y
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rachelm
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⚖️AGATHA is zany, heart-felt and voicey, just like WHERE‘D YOU GO BERNADETTE. If you liked one, you'll certainly like the other.
🤣This novel is so funny. The interactions with the Mom's FB group, the mental circles that Agatha sometimes follows... it was a balm to read something that made me laugh.
🪓It still packs a punch. This book would be great to read with your book club. There's a lot of meat here about identity, motherhood, fear, etc

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rachelm
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Got a picture of these two bucks this morning! They were certainly testing each other out.

Reading an advanced copy of the tagged book. It focuses on a woman who caught her husband cheating and has a bit of a mental breakdown. She‘s a novelist, and, as the title suggests, is afraid of everything. I mean everything, even beans. A lot of the story takes place online in a Facebook moms group. Enjoying it so far!

Moray_Reads how lovely 3y
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bookslis
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I loved the story, has fun and entertaining parts, like other parts that made me cry, poor Agatha, she really gets through many things, she is such a good character, sometimes she can be so mean, but she is a good person and deserves better than her ex! I loved the last characters and the last one was pretty good.