Finding Mrs. Ford: A Novel
by Goodrich Royce Deborah
Hardcover- $18.99

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  "Great twist" by Silversolara (see profile) 06/04/20

Why would the FBI want to talk to her?

Susan is pretty sure she knows why and didn't want to think about.

We meet Susan Ford whose life was changed when she quit her job in a dress shop to work in a night club, Frankie’s Disco, and met Sammy Fakhouri.

Now it is coming back to haunt her, and she has questions of her own.

Does she know the answers, though? She might need to make sure she does because others have questions as well.

Susan spent the summer of 1979 always worried about working at Frankie’s Disco and who was working there. It actually was a dangerous place to be.

Frankie's Disco actually changed Susan's life and not in a good way until she met Jack Ford.

Jack saved her, but he didn’t know she hadn't finished college or where she worked the summer of 1979.

The year 2014 brings things crashing down as the FBI wants to interview her, Sammy is looking for her, and her stepson finds out things she has lied about to him and his father.

The beginning and middle chapters of the book give us background information on the life of Susan Ford in 1979 and currently in 2014.

There is a twist in the middle that will have your jaw dropping and have you staying up late to finish the book.

Ms. Royce’s novel had a unique way in terms of a time line.

ENJOY if you read FINDING MRS. FORD - I am quite sure you will. 5/5

This book was given to me by the author in exchange for an honest review.

 
  "Two Very Different Girls Who Become Friends" by ebach (see profile) 08/18/20

Trivia: Remember Erica Kane’s sister, Silver, on “All My Children”? She was played by Deborah Goodrich Royce, author of FINDING MRS FORD.

Review: FINDING MRS FORD Is about two girls in their 20s, Susan and Annie, who become friends while they both work at a women’s clothing store. Together they leave that job for waitress jobs at a disco, which is where their troubles begin. It is 1979.

Cut to 2014. Susan is living a cushy life in New England, in a very large “cottage," with two little dogs and a housekeeper. Her life is ideal until visitors from the FBI question it.

The first half of FINDING MRS FORD alternates between these two years. In 1979 Susan and Annie become involved with Middle Easterners, and Susan finds she must still deal with them in 2014. Is there no escape?

At the end of the first half, right about the midway point of the book, comes a twist. Everyone loves a book with a twist, and this is the high point of FINDING MRS FORD.

The second half of the book explains what happened between 1979 and 2014. Although one aspect of FINDING MRS FORD seems implausible to me, the twist along with the circumstances in 2014 make for a lot of suspense. No doubt, this book will make you anxious to read Royce's next, coming in 2021.

By the way, the names and places in 1979 suburban Detroit are accurate. I'm just about the same age as Susan and Annie, and I also lived there then. The book even mentions the store across from my high school, the church I attended for 17 years, and the cemetery where my uncle is buried.

 
  "" by [email protected] (see profile) 09/26/21

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