An absolutely delightful story... First it starts in Pennsylvania where Harriet lived and where she loses a bet with her daughter in law and has to move to Grass Valley, CA, which in reality is where I live... In the book she meets a lovely couple named Blakely, which is my granddaughters married name... Then she spends some time in Pueblo , which is where my husband was born and so it just seemed like the story was made for me. Harriet is a wonderful lady who has more adventures than you could ever imagine... I loved this book and was so sorry when it came to an end.... 'Harriet Beamer Takes the Bus' by Joyce Magnin will sit on my "keeper shelf" for re-reading when I need some Harriet in my life! She reminds me of myself when I signed up for a tour of China. I was living alone then and had never been out of the country, but I decided to do it and have never regreted it. If Harriet was real, I would invite her over to share travel stories. She had a lot of amazing adventures on her trip!At the beginning of the story, Harriet lives in Philadelphia with her basset hound, Humphrey. Her son and daughter-in-law are coming to visit. Because she lives at home by herself and is 72 years old, they are worried about her. What if she had an accident or got sick? They wanted her to move to Grass Valley, California to live with them.She was putting the finishing touches on her Christmas tree when she fell off a chair. She is on the floor when her son and daughter-in-law find her. They make a bet that her ankle is broken and she loses. The stakes are high. After her ankle recovers, she sells her house and prepares to go to Grass Valley. But she thinks to herself, she has always wanted to travel but in all her married years, she had only been to the Jersey Shore. So, instead of flying to California, she decides to do her trip her own way. She would decide how to travel and what to see. She had always dreamed of seeing the only Salt and Pepper Shaker Museum in the United States and now she is going do it. Now she can add to her shaker set collection by herselfy instead just receiving them as gifts.Harriet is a "stick your guns" character, caring and funny and amazing. I did not want the book to stop, I had trouble laying it down. I definitely want more. I think what I loved about Harriet the most is that she never held back. Sometimes it put her life in danger but it also demonstrated her love of life and people. We need more Harrietes in this world.I hope that Joyce Magnin writes what happens when Harriet stays with her son and daughter in law in the future.I really hope that you read this book. It will do you a lot of good! I received this book as a part of the Amazon Vine Program but that in no way infleunced my review.
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Cute, fun read. I loved it and my mom loved it, but the author wasn't very nice to Provo.
—Maximonius
I read this book while I was traveling which made it more enjoyable. Cute story.
—Natbabe4
Loved it! It was entertaining the whole way through!
—Yulisbook
