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To outsiders, Lucia appears to have it all. A loving husband and a toddler daughter whom she stays home with in their posh London home. But Lucia is restless. She’d left a career behind in the United States, working for a nonprofit that she left to move to London after she met Ollie. She hasn’t yet been able to fill her days with lots of friends, though she did recently meet “Sooz” at a playground where they both take their children. One day out of the blue, Lucia receives an email from her old boss in Austin, Texas. There is a job opportunity for Lucia at a local London bank working with rich people looking for charities to give to, and the job description is right up her alley. With a recommendation from her old boss, she applies for the job, though the interview is awkward as the potential new boss, Celeste, is a bit of a stickler. However, Lucia gets the job, and her life will never be the same. She is under a lot of pressure, both at home and at work. But it turns out to be rewarding. But the more she begins to enjoy the job, the harder things are at home. Will she have to choose her marriage or her job? SOMEONE’S GOTTA GIVE is about a modern-day look at a woman juggling a career and family. Lucia loves her family but being a newcomer in a city she barely knows is frustrating. She could be friends with Ollie’s friends, but their lives are different from hers, and they tend to look down on her American ways. The job opportunity literally landed in her lap, and she feels she can’t turn it down. Celeste is a bear of a supervisor. She's tough as nails. But Lucia is soon on Celeste’s good side, though it means giving up time with her husband and child. Readers can see why there is soon marital tension. A family crisis while Lucia is abroad may be the last straw. Along the way, Lucia meets several rich potential donors. It does turn out that Lucia is good at her job. She gets the confidence of a few, including directing them to good causes, and not ones that you’d think were typical charities. But of course, it runs afoul of Celeste, who thinks charity giving should be what others are doing and not necessarily off the wall or political. But that is why Lucia loves her job, as she enjoys helping the less fortunate in ways that are outside the box. As she locks horns with Celeste, will Lucia find her job in jeopardy? What about her marriage to Ollie? Can she get the right balance between her career and family life? An intriguing tale that is not a romance, though by the end of SOMEONE’S GOTTA GIVE, a lot of people are happy. See what I mean by picking up a copy today. Patti Fischer |
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SOMEONE’S GOTTA GIVE – Alisha Fernandez Miranda