Kris Radish, The Sunday List of Dreams

The Sunday List of Dreams

Kris Radish

Bantam, Feb 2007, $11.00

ISBN: 0553383981

Her three-decade-old career as a nurse is counting down to the final days, leaving fifty-eight-year-old Connie Nixon frightened about the future as she is also selling her home in Indiana. Over the past thirty years, Connie has been compiling a SUNDAY LIST OF DREAMS to include thirty-seven places she wants to visit and people she wants to see. Now with the clock ticking down, she makes last-second revisions to add changes she feels she must make, starting with "don't be afraid" and "toss out the alarm clock."

Connie has two items that make everything else seem superficial to her. She writes "maybe sex" and "recapture Jessica". Most important is Jessica who left Indiana for Manhattan three years ago to become the CEO and part owner of sex-toy stores. Connie heads to New York with plans for quality time with her daughter, who in turn has a special agenda to welcome her mom to the Big Apple.

THE SUNDAY LIST OF DREAMS is a delightful, inspirational tale starring a wonderful protagonist who learns relationships, not locations, are the key to a fulfilling life. The storyline is well-written and leaves readers with a warm, contented feeling to be active with loved ones. Fans will enjoy Connie Nixon takes Manhattan while Jessica reclaims her mom in loving, vibrant and often amusing ways.

Harriet Klausner