Valencia and Valentine, Suzy Krause
Valencia and Valentine, Suzy Krause
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Valencia and Valentine

Author: Suzy Krause

Narrator: Janet Metzger

Unabridged: 8 hr 15 min

Format: Digital Audiobook (DRM Protected)

Published: 06/01/2019

Synopsis

For readers of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, debut author Suzy Krause delivers a quirky, colorful story about love, loss, second chances, and what it means to truly live.Valencia, a timid debt collector with crippling OCD, is afraid of many things, but the two that scare her most are flying and turning thirty-five. To confront those fears, Valencia’s therapist suggests that she fly somewhere—anywhere—before her upcoming birthday. And as Valencia begins a telephone romance with a man from New York, she suddenly has a destination in mind. There’s only one problem—he might not actually exist.Mrs. Valentine is an eccentric old woman desperate for company, be it from neighbors, telemarketers, or even the funeral director (when you’re her age, you go to a lot of funerals). So she’s thrilled when the new cleaning girl provides a listening ear for her life’s story—a tale of storybook love and incredible adventures around the world with her husband before his mysterious and sudden disappearance.The stories of Valencia and Mrs. Valentine may at first appear to have nothing in common…but then again, nothing in life is as straightforward as it seems.

About Suzy Krause

Suzy Krause is a Canadian writer and music lover. Like Valencia, she has worked as a debt collector, and like Mrs. Valentine, she likes to tell stories. She writes about her life at www.suzykrause.com. Valencia and Valentine is her first novel.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Berit☀️✨

𝗤𝘂𝗶𝗿𝗸. 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺. 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘁. Suzy Krause’s debut is a quirky little gem. This is the story of Valencia, 35 A lonely debt collector who suffers from OCD. And Mrs. Valentine, 87 a lonely elderly lady who will talk to anyone telemarketers, funeral organizers, the lady who cleans her house. As both of these lad......more

Goodreads review by DJ

Favorite Quotes: She’s not dying, technically, but she’s old enough that if she keeps living, it’ll start surprising people. She’s eighty-seven years old—but she’s a young eighty-seven. She’s more like an eighty-six. Everyone has ulterior motives. When an evil person has ulterior motives, it’s called......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader

A quirky, charming read! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ Valencia has obsessive-compulsive disorder. It controls her life. She is also a debt collector and frightened of her own shadow. She currently has two irrational fears consuming her every thought: turning thirty-five and flying. Her therapist has given her assig......more

Goodreads review by Brooke — brooklynnnnereads

I'm speechless. I know this story will be predictable for many (and I did predict some of the events) but after reading this, I'm left in awe and I'm feeling all of the feels. Before I get into this review, I do want to mention that this novel heavily focuses on a character with OCD and in accompani......more

Goodreads review by Casey

I see that a lot of readers were annoyed by Valencia's mental illness in this book. As someone with OCD and anxiety, I can say that is pretty much the way the population tends to react to actual people with similar issues. Myself, I loved the story. Yes, I figured out that Valencia and Valentine wer......more

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