From Goodreads
Thirteen-year-old Abby Hubble lives in an unhappy home in the Sierra Nevada foothills where her father makes life miserable for her and her mother, Mary. One day Abby witnesses a man dump a litter of puppies into the nearby river. Diving in to rescue all seven, she knows she won’t be able to bring them home. Afraid for their fate at the pound, she takes them to an abandoned cabin, where all she can offer is a promise that she’ll be back the next day.
To grieving widower Elliot Colvin, life has lost meaning. Looking for solace, he retreats to the hunting cabin he last visited years ago, before his wife’s illness. What he discovers is not at all what he expected: seven puppies and one determined girl with an indomitable heart.
As Abby and Elliot’s friendship deepens, Abby imagines how much better her life—and the puppies’ lives—would be if her mother were married to Elliot instead of her father. But when Abby’s father moves the family hundreds of miles away, Abby and her mother must decide how long they’re willing to defer happiness.
Seven Perfect Things is a story about joy, where to find it, how to know it when you see it, and the courage it takes to hang on to it once you have it.
To grieving widower Elliot Colvin, life has lost meaning. Looking for solace, he retreats to the hunting cabin he last visited years ago, before his wife’s illness. What he discovers is not at all what he expected: seven puppies and one determined girl with an indomitable heart.
As Abby and Elliot’s friendship deepens, Abby imagines how much better her life—and the puppies’ lives—would be if her mother were married to Elliot instead of her father. But when Abby’s father moves the family hundreds of miles away, Abby and her mother must decide how long they’re willing to defer happiness.
Seven Perfect Things is a story about joy, where to find it, how to know it when you see it, and the courage it takes to hang on to it once you have it.
My thoughts
My thanks to NetGalley for a copy of this in exchange for an honest review. I gave this a 4 stars or 8/10.
I have read other books in the past by Catherine Ryan Hyde and enjoyed them. This one didn't disappoint on that front either.
Seven Perfect Things is a story about a young teenager called Abby. Abby comes across a man dumping a bundle of puppies into a river. She knows that they need saving and takes the decision to save them. The consequences of saving them comes with responsibilities obviously. Finding somewhere to keep them safe in what she believes is an abandoned cabin, she knows that she will have to care for them and takes on that responsibility.
As Elliot decides to visit the cabin he had left forsaken, he comes across the puppies that are living in his cabin and young Abby who is caring for them. An unusual friendship is formed and Elliot is soon taken with Abby and the puppies too.
As events are taken out of the hands of both of them, Abby and her Mum are forced into situations that neither of them want to be in. Can Elliot be the one to save them both along with the puppies?
This was a lovely read that flitted from being gentle and sedate at times, to scenes of tension as events took a turn for the worse in many ways that none of them wanted nor had been able to predict would happen. Will there be a happy ending and will Abby be able to keep her puppies or will destiny have other plans?
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