April L. Hamilton

Adelaide Binchley is a California housewife who has just been fired from her volunteer job. To top that off she's gradually lost the respect of her two children and her husband seems only to care about whether or not dinner is served on time. Life changes dramatically for Addie when she meets Jakob Pankowicz, a terminally ill Physics professor. The two form an unlikely friendship as Addie sees Jakob as more than just a cancer patient and he sees her as more than just a wife and mother. In fact, with Jakob's prodding Adelaide goes back to school and finds that someone else seeing potential in her is all the impetus she needs to start actualizing dreams she never knew she had.

Adelaide Einstein is a fabulous book filled with wonderfully believable characters. After just a few chapters I was hooked and found myself so drawn into their lives that the pages flew by as I devoured all their details. I also loved April Hamilton's handling of the science in this book - everything was written in comfortable layman's language but nothing seemed "dumbed down" and it will easily awaken the inner Einstein of any reader.

Best of all, this novel is pure heart. A sort of modern day Fried Green Tomatoes with a smattering of Quantum Physics, Adelaide Einstein is a smart and humorous story of friendship, family, motivation, and the courage to follow the unconventional path. This last theme is echoed most clearly not only by the character of Adelaide Binchley, but through her talented author. April Hamilton is a champion of the Indie Author movement - striving to bring independent authors the same status as their counterparts in music and film. This makes Adelaide Einstein not only a wholly enjoyable novel but a worthwhile purchase for the ideology it supports!… (mehr)