Sunday List of Dreams

The Sunday List of Dreams
Radish, Kris.
New York: Bantam Dell, c2007.

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Divorced nurse Connie Nixon has just retired. Now it's time to tackle her list. She's rewritten the wishlist forty-eight times. Every Sunday, she makes time for herself to add, subtract or tweak items on her list of dreams. Now that she's retired, it's time to get into gear and get the house ready to sell and start to make her dreams come true. The cleaning process reveals a deep dark secret about an estranged daughter -- she's the part owner of a sex toy shop in New York City. One of the most important items on her list was to reconnect with this daughter, so Connie gets on a plane to visit Jessica.

Connie appears when Jessica needs a mother the most. The business is expanding and she's trying to organize fifty things at once and feeling the pressure. The two start a journey back towards one another and end with Connie working for her daughter. Her age, attitude and previous career draw other middle-aged women to her without the usual embarrassment about battery operated devices. Along the way, Connie ticks off items on her list and realizes that it's never too late to pursue your dreams.

I picked up the book because I'm an inveterate list maker. I haven't tried a list of dreams though and that is something that I will take away from this book. Not my usual style and it wasn't the best book ever but some of the themes of mother/daughter relationships and putting your dreams and goals into print did inspire me to follow them through.

Listen to a podcast of Kris Radish talking about her book.