November of 9th repeat
Plot
There is a new BSC client in town. He has two children, and Stacey gets assigned to the job. His name is John, and he is an author. When Stacey's mom comes to pick her up, sparks fly. Pretty soon, Ms. Stacey's Mom and John are dating. Stacey is elated.
You know who is not elated? Joni, John's oldest daughter. She is nine, and she is not ready for her dad to start dating. She is pretty convinced her mom will come back, even though she completely deserted the family to go be a model. Joni starts pulling all sorts of tricks with her dad to keep him away from Ms. Stacey's Mom.
Stacey and her mom host Thanksgiving, and it doesn't go well. Joni has kind of a meltdown at dinner, but the worst part was things didn't seem to be vibing with John and Ms. SM. He doesn't offer to help with dishes, SM is clearly not impressed with his parenting, and when she drives Stacey to the train station the next morning to go see her dad, she lets Stacey know she is going to break up with him. Stacey is pissed, but then her boyfriend Ethan tells her she needs to be on her mom's side. So she goes back to Stoneybrook, hears the news that the breakup is done, and goes over to their house to give the kids gifts and tell them she still loves them.
There is no real subplot, the other babysitters are barely mentioned. Except Mallory is going to visit a boarding school a long ways away because she hates SMS.
Takeaways
Stacey says something about how her dad had a quiet Thanksgiving, but she thinks he misses the big loud family Thanksgiving. I feel like Stacey doesn't really know her parents at all.
Like...she is obsessed with this John guy for her mom. She really barely knows him. And they've only been on like three dates and all of a sudden the families are merging for Thanksgiving?
One of Joni's tricks is that she deletes the chapter of the book John is working on. Like....I would for real give my kid up for adoption if she did that.
There is really nothing to this book except this relationship that fizzles out in like two weeks.
Best Character
Mrs. McGill, because she doesn't just settle for John. She knows she deserves Mr. Right.
Worst Character
I don't even know - I suppose Joni because she is a world class brat, but it seems weird to give worst character to a confused 9 year old. So instead I will give it to her mom - like, she GAVE UP her two kids to go be a model? Get a clue, lady.
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