検索キーワード： 著者 "Katherine Collette" すべてのカテゴリー

Frances honestly isn’t that excited about the SpeechMakers annual national conference and public-speaking competition. What she’s excited about is that this year's major prize. Frances has a few small problems, and 40,000 dollars would go a long way to sorting them out. Keith is Frances’ probably ex-mentor, it’s hard to tell since she’s not talking to him and he disapproves of the prize money. He thinks SpeechMakers should be about self-improvement, not self-enrichment. He wants to win the competition, though. He thinks it might help the situation with his wife, Linda.

An eccentric woman who is great with numbers - but not so great with people - realizes it’s up to her to pull a community together in this charming, big-hearted debut.

Germaine Johnson likes suduko, biscuits, maths and Chinese food. She’s less sure about the complexities of social interaction, and her tendency to just say what she thinks often lands her in hot water. Unfortunately, after 'the incident' at Wallace Insurance, she finds herself unemployed. When her cousin suggests a job at the local council, manning the Senior Citizens Helpline, Germaine really doesn’t have any other option than to say yes. It’s still social interaction, but at a safe distance.