Ramona is just trying to be a Good mom, Good wife and a Good worker. She can’t do it all by herself but she’s trying, until she finds out her husband has cheated on her in there own home! None of this would have happened if Prince were alive! A category 4 hurricane is coming her way and she needs to pack up her kids and bolt down anything around her house, all by herself. She don’t need no man’s help! But she does take up her neighbor kids help, he’s nice. Ramona goes back and forth from before kids to present. She even reminisces of times with her husband she thought had been good only to realize they weren’t. This story was so real, I’m a new mom and I understand that frustration. Being a good mom, partner and employee. Sometimes you get 2 out of 3.
I recieved this book through Goodreads, First Reads giveaway

The title drew me in. I wanted to like this book but…I just couldn’t get behind Ramona.

This is a well-crafted story with relatable scenarios and a main character who feels incredibly familiar. Come for those great qualities of a great book, but stay for the humor and pop culture references.
An incredible debut novel that I highly recommend, especially if you’re a GenX woman.

FYI to those that follow my reviews: I do almost always read romance novels, but this one is women's fiction.

It took me quite a while to get into this book. The writing style is a bit different and I needed to adapt in my brain, but once I started to connect with our FMC, I really appreciated this book for exactly what it is. Even though this book is full of chaos and things I've never had to deal with, I understood SO MUCH that this FMC was dealing with. Being a working mother is the hardest thing I've ever done, and this writer GETS IT.

Over the course of 48 hours, Ramona’s life is upended when she catches her husband cheating just as a hurricane is bearing down on Savannah. Her life is already complicated enough – she’s a working mom – but now she has to evacuate her home with her kids (and her kind of weird teenage neighbor) while trying to keep her job and figure out how her marriage went so wrong.

The prose of this book is basically Ramona’s stream of consciousness. Her thoughts are a jumble and not always appropriate, but they’re often funny. There are flashbacks to the early days of her marriage and those flashbacks reveal that Ramona wasn’t necessarily a happy wife. It’s a clever, fast-paced story.

I had a like/dislike relationship with Ramona. I rooted for her at the same time I wanted to shake her and say, “Wrong decision, dummy!” The way she handled the evacuation was…not great. But I also wasn’t sure I would make different decisions.

I also wasn’t quite sure what the title had to do with the story. The title is so amazing, so I was expecting more about Prince and more of a connection between the events of the story and Prince’s death. The whole connection felt a little weak.

That said, I think I would still recommend this book, particularly to my friends who are moms.

I am surprised this one doesn't have stronger ratings. It's not perfect, but I really enjoyed it. The heavier moments are offset with lots of humor, and I loved the Savannah setting. I wish she had done more with the Prince music aspect, but again.....it wasn't perfect.