For April's #ReadWithMC pick, readers went along for a ride with Colleen Oakley's The Mostly True Story of Tanner and Louise. Think of Oakley's latest novel as a reimagining of Thelma and Louise only with an 84-year-old woman and a college dropout. The story follows Tanner, a twenty-something whose life plan just went off the rails, and who is now in need of a place to live. Then there's Louise, a not-to-be-underestimated elderly woman with secrets of her own. When Tanner becomes Louise's live-in caretaker, Louise suddenly whisks Tanner away on a cross-country road trip, which may or may not be an attempt to outrun the law.
Despite a rocky start, Tanner and Louise grow closer throughout their adventure and it's this unlikely duo that #ReadWithMC readers seemed to love the most. "I truly love reading about female friendship, and when it’s an unlikely one, it’s even more enjoyable," @thebookclubmom writes. "I don’t know what it is about an elderly person bonding with a twenty-something, but it just works so well for me." Another reader, @melanies_lit_life, felt the same and wrote, "I love a book that focuses on friendships, but even more when it happens between two unexpected characters like Tanner and Louise."
