The story of Jess and her struggle to keep her family afloat seems natural. But Jojo Moyes “One plus One” is special in its own aspect. We have seen enough movies and have also read books about it. We are not new to stories where main leads take a road trip.

What unfolds next is a road trip to be remembered – tacky hotels, kebab gone wrong, stomach problem and Tanzie’s travel quirks. He decides to help Jess and her family and agrees to take them to Scotland in his Audi. Our knight Ed arrives in a shiny car arrives on the scene when Jess gets caught by the police. Seems easy? It could have been nut the only problem is Jess cannot drive and she doesn’t have car insurance. When Tanzie is offered to compete in a Maths Olympiad and has a chance to win a scholarship at a school for gifted…Jess, Nicky, Tanzie and their dog Norman plan to go to Scotland to attend the competition. His step-sister Tanzie, Jess biological daughter is 11-year-old Maths geeks. Every now and then he gets bashed up by his neighbors because he is different.

Meet her stepson Nicky who is an introvert and is being bullied by his peers. She works hard, complains less and is very optimistic. Jess is trying to make the ends meet and keep her dysfunctional family afloat. A chaotic family – a single mom, a stepson and a math whiz 11- year-old daughter and N number of problems. With low expectations, I started with the book and man I am scolding myself for not reading this earlier. Due to my disappointment with After You, I stalled reading her book “One plus one” though it was sitting patiently on my nightstand. I was obviously intrigued with her other works but with a lot of expectations I read “After You” and my hopes were crushed. I fell for the author’s bestselling book “Me before you” and I am yet to recover from the hangover. But Ed has big problems of his own, and driving the dysfunctional family to the Math Olympiad feels like his first unselfish act in ages… maybe ever. Only Jess’s knight turns out to be Geeky Ed, the obnoxious tech millionaire whose vacation home she happens to clean.

That’s Jess’s life in a nutshell-until an unexpected knight-in-shining-armor offers to rescue them. Your husband has done a vanishing act, your teenage stepson is being bullied and your math whiz daughter has a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that you can’t afford to pay for. Ratings: 4 stars The one plus one Synopsis: Goodreads One irresistible love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Me before you.Ĭharacters: Jess Thomas, Edward Nicholls, Nicky, Tanzie and Norman The one plus one: The one plus one is written by Jojo Moyes and was Published in the year 2014

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