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Challenges Complete:
- A-Z Challenge (F in Fiona)
- Spell Your Full Name (S in Skunks)
In this debut novel from Fiona Warnick, Isabel is spending a summer in her hometown, trying to decide her next steps in life after graduating college. She’s housesitting for one family, babysitting for another, and working at a pilates studio a couple days during the week.
Also, there are skunks.
No, really. A family of skunks has their own story, and there is even a skunky holiday at one point.
Warnick writes in lovely prose, and I delighted in a number of passages throughout the book.
“As a topic, skunks seem to be more next door to unicorns than biology.”
“The Eldest Skunk only remembered ‘eleven.’ It tasted best to her ears.”
Honestly, I was once a house-sitting person of about the same age as Isabel, and this book evoked a LOT of memories of the uncertainty of that particular era.
But I also loved skunks when I was a child. I had a stuffed skunk that I adored. So, I enjoyed the skunky journey, even though I wasn’t happy with one particular result.
The Skunks is a funny, charming, quirky little book and a perfect summertime read.
The main character, Isabel, remembers picking blackberries with her father, so this fabulous Kurt Vile song seems like the appropriate accompaniment.
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