Amy Gallup is a promising young author who several literary magazines dub the next best thing. Wait. That was years ago. Her books are out of print now and she is happy living her life in obscurity. But then, as the title suggests, she takes a nasty fall in her garden, hitting her head on a birdbath. This occurs a few hours before she is to give a brief interview for the local newspaper on local authors. Amy, not quite knowing what she is saying and having no recollection of it, gives the interview with hilarious results. Everyone takes her rambling as creative genius. All of a sudden, Amy is hot again. Her old agent contacts her, a local writing group wants her to teach, demand for her books goes up, and Amy even begins writing again. Sounds good, right? Not to Amy. She wants to live under the radar and finds her new celebrity as a curse rather than a blessing.
Willett has created a honest, sarcastic, and take-no-prisoners character who is also very likable and sympathetic. That is a very difficult thing to do. Amy could easily have been an overbearing character but instead became the one character I could identify with in several ways.
You'll laugh. You'll cry. But whatever you do, stay away from birdbaths!
Chris May- Adult Services Manager
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