Goldmine Reads - Matchmaking for Beginners--Summarized for Busy People: Based on the Book by Maddie Dawson

MATCHMAKING FOR BEGINNERS

Summarized For Busy People

A Novel

Based on the Book by Maddie Dawson

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BOOK OVERVIEW

M atchmaking for Beginners looks into the stories of two different women who were both complex and spirited. Blix Holliday was an eccentric elderly who attended her niece Wendy Spinnakers annual post-Christmas tea where she met Marnie MacGraw. Marnie was engaged to Wendys son, Noah, and was invited for her to be introduced into Noahs pretentious yet affluent family. She tried making a good impression but felt uncomfortable with the picture-perfect family and their grandiose ways.

Blix, unfortunately for Noah, had been drawn to Marnie and kept taking her time away from others in the party. Wendy became furious that Marnie wasnt able to meet all the guests and even thought that Marnie should have known that they were following a timeline in showing Noahs impending nuptials. But Marnie was actually grateful for being taken away by Blix. When Marnie had mistaken that Wendys signature dish, Welsh rarebit, contained rabbits, Wendys disapproval of her escalated. She felt that Marnie couldnt live up to the refined elegance of the Spinnaker clan.

Despite not meeting Wendys expectations, Marnie left the event believing that her future was secure. She wanted an ordinary life with a husband, children, and a simple happy family. Marnie knew that Noah would give her that kind of life. When Noah courted Marnie, he made her feel loved and secure. Despite his parents limited approval, Noah was sure he would marry Marnie and begin a happy married life with her.

Blix, being sure about her own direction in life, decided to let go of best practices and focus on spiritual healing alternatives when she was diagnosed with a malignant abdominal tumor. She knew her death was possible but she wanted to leave her lifespan up to the universe. She looked for someone who was going to continue her workthat was until she met Marnie. She felt that the two were connected in a way that transcends human understanding.

Marnie was in her parents hometown church five months later and dressed in her bridal gown surrounded by her bridesmaids. However, Noah arrived forty-five minutes late. He wore his tuxedo shirt over an old pair of blue jeans. His hair was sticking up and his eyes were like black dots in a sea of white space. He said, Marnie, baby, I am so, so sorry, but Im afraid that there is no way I can do this.

Noah began telling her that he couldnt go through with the wedding as Marnie listened in shock. He said he didnt want to settle down just to become some man with a lawnmower which he viewed as living a dull life. He made plans to go to Africa without telling Marnie because he wanted to live a life of adventurehe never felt that his fiance should be included in this decision.

Because of her denial, Marnie tried to convince Noah to go through with the wedding festivities. And despite having the ceremony and reception, the wedding was over before the honeymoon ended. They had an online divorce and Marnie was forced to face a life without Noah.

Marnie went back to live with her parents in Florida because of her devastation. Her perfect sister, Natalie, was married to her handsome husband, Brian, and they lived in a beautiful home in a lovely neighborhood; and she was pregnant. Marnie felt smaller compared to her sister because her failed marriage seemed like one of the ways to tell she didnt measure up.

Natalie and Brian prepared a birth plan which they wanted to follow to the dot. This preparation was disrupted when Natalie went into early labor and needed emergency assistance. Marnie did her best to help her sister deliver the baby when she encountered Jeremy Sanders, her high school boyfriend. Natalie gave birth to a beautiful girl and Marnie began considering the possibility of reconciling with Jeremy.

Marnie broke up with Jeremy when they were just teens because she left him for a more popular boy despite him being in love with her. Years later, Jeremy was not the awkward boy she met from high school anymore. He became a successful physical therapist who was both handsome and strong. Because she was still at her most vulnerable, Marnie got into a rebound relationship with Jeremy. He hired her to work in his office where they were able to spend most of the time together.

When he later proposed, Marnie quickly accepted and she once again felt that her life was in order. Her family became extremely supportive of her marriage to Jeremy and they felt that he could help her recover from her loss with Noah. They wanted Marnie to have a life as beautiful as Natalies. Marnie and Natalie even planned on having their children grow up together in a large, close-knit extended family.

Just as Marnies life with Jeremy was starting, Blixs life waned. She resisted traditional medical care because she wanted to face her cancerous tumor on her own terms. She was ready to accept death if the alternative methods failed to work.

She organized a festive wake to celebrate her death only to have her beloved partner, Houndy, die instead. Blix was surrounded by her family and friends as she passed away shortly after. Her nephew, Noah, suddenly appeared before she passed away. Noah was, unlike the others, willing to respect Blixs decision not to take the traditional medical care. He pressured her to go to a hospital and take any kind of treatment. Noahs insistence only created discord in Blixs final hours but she prevailed and passed away in a calm, spiritual home death.

Marnie was later contacted by Blixs attorney because Blix had left her apartment building to Marnieas long as she stayed in the apartment for three months. Marnie agreed to the terms and went to New York to claim the inheritance in order to set it up for sale later. She wanted to use the money she would get here to purchase a new home with Jeremy.

When Marnie arrived in New York, she was surprised to find Noah living in the building. He was shocked to find out that Blix left the building to Marnie and not him. His family had thought that it was already settled that the building would go to them.