Book Review: Mrs. Whippy

Title:  Mrs. Whippy
Author:  Cecelia Ahern
Pages:  75
Publication Date:  2009
Version:  Paperback
Genre:  Adult Fiction/Romance

Summary Via Goodreads.com:
"A woman in trouble turns to ice cream, and just might find love in its pursuit. Emelda is 46 years old. Her husband, Charlie, has just left her for a 23-year-old dancer. Her five difficult sons worship their father and blame Emelda for his departure. On top of everything else, she has to struggle with a new job at the local supermarket. For comfort she turns to her only true friend ice-cream. But lately there's a handsome man driving the ice-cream van. Could romance be about to blossom?"

My Review:
To be perfectly honest....this book caught my eye while at the library because of the ice cream on the cover.  Haha, never go to the library snackish...or maybe I should, because this was a great little read.  I have my hands tied not to go into too much detail due to this being a short book, or I would give away the whole thing.  So here is my condensed, but hopefully helpful view:
Emelda, the main character of this book, is absolutely amazing and someone I could see myself quickly making friends with!  She is overweight and very much down on her luck in love, and in her friendships and also in her family life.  However, through all this she finally decides enough is enough and starts doing things to try and changer her situations all the way around.  Every little bit helps and finally finding support can help too...if she ever finds that.  I think the reason I loved this book the most is because I could relate to Emelda completely.  Right down to how her pig of an ex husband treats her because he thinks he can.  I also laughed out loud about how all her memories are quickly related to ice cream flavors.  This puts a smile on my face, even as I type this.  You hear how songs or restaurants or smells do this for people, but for Emelda it's ice cream flavors.  This is hilarious and amazing all at the same time to me!!!  

Like I said, I can't detail much more because of the short read, but trust me you just MUST pick up this book and read it.  I found myself laughing, almost crying, and cheering all throughout this read.  It is short and quick and easy to read, so just take the time to do it!  If you love it like I did, it was well worth it and if you for some reason hate it, well you didn't waste much time reading it.  But I highly encourage you to read it!

5/5 Stars!!!