The Opposite of Maybe

Rosie and Jonathan have been a couple for 15 years. Now in their forties, they have a comfortable routine: she teaches at the adult education center in their Connecticut town and Jonathan is an expert on teacups. When Jonathan takes a position as curator of a teacup museum in California, he proposes to Rosie. Their plan is that he will move west, get settled, and then return for the wedding when her school term ends. Their apartment lease up, Rosie will live with her 90-year-old grandmother, Soapie, who has been through several home health aides and currently has only Tony, the gardener/handyman, to look out for her. The perfect plan is upended when, six weeks after saying farewell to Jonathan, Rosie finds out she is pregnant. With advice from everyone around her, Rosie makes important decisions for herself and realizes that a little unpredictability can be a very good thing. Hilary Huber's narration is perfect. She provides distinct voices for the characters, and her pacing makes the story easy to follow.