The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter (Ingrid Winter Misadventure #1)

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Ingrid Winter is desperately trying to hold it all together A neurotic Norwegian mother of three small children and an overworked literature professor with an overactive imagination, Ingrid feels like her life s always on the brink of chaos.Her overzealous attempt to secure her dream house has strained her marriage She s repeatedly reprimanded for eye rolling in faculty meetings Petulant PTA parents want to drag her into a war over teaching children to tie their shoes And an alarmingly persistent salesman keeps warning her of the potential dangers of home intrusion.Clearly she needs to get away But Russia Forced to join an academic mission to Saint Petersburg to promote international cooperation, Ingrid finds herself at a crossroads while drinking too much cough syrup Will this trip push her into a Siberian sinkhole of existential dread or finally give her life some balance and direction Best Read [ The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter (Ingrid Winter Misadventure #1) ] author [ J.S. Drangsholt ] – kino-fada.fr I really wanted to like this book because I m shallow and I saw the cover and I m like this is going to be totally great and then it s title was The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter and so I assumed that it would be something exciting or funny The book wasn t really exciting at all because the whole plot line seems to be about them moving and doing work things and dealing with kids Like there was barely a plot line and it was all kind of messy and didn t come together Also I found the I really wanted to like this book because I m shallow and I saw the cover and I m like this is going to be totally great and then it s title was The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter and so I assumed that it would be something exciting or funny The book wasn t really exciting at all because the whole plot line seems to be about them moving and doing work things and dealing with kids Like there was barely a plot line and it was all kind of messy and didn t come together Also I f...I mnot entirely sure what I just read Maybe Ingrid s cough syrup fumes wafted out to meThis book was slow and hard to follow I honestly didn t understand most of what was going on in this book.I you don t fall in love with Ingrid, maybe YOU are neurotic.I don t know who wrote this book description, but I wish to lodge a vigorous protest against the use of the word neurotic to describe the heroine Ingrid Winter She s flaky, a raging hypochondriac, lacks a backbone, and has seen WAY too many sci fi movies, but she s not neurotic She is, however, surrounded by neurotics Aren t we all This is one of those books where you start out wondering why the wife doesn t kill her humorless, I you don t fall in love with Ingrid, maybe YOU are neurotic.I don t know who wrote this book description, but I wish to lodge a vigorous protest against the use of the word neurotic to describe the heroine Ingrid Winter She s flaky, a raging hypochondriac, lacks a backbone, and has seen WAY too many sci fi movies, but she s not neurotic She is, however, surrounded by neurotics Aren t we all This is one of those books where you start out wondering why the wife doesn t kill her humorless, over bearing husband Then you switch to wondering why the husband doesn t kill his spacey, irresponsible wife Then you realize that marriage to each other b...One of the worst books I ve ever read This is one of the dumbest books I have ever read It wasn t the least bit funny I honestly couldn t figure out what the point of the story was It only cover the day to d...As a stressed mom of three who is also desperately trying to hold it all together I thought reading a book about another one would be comforting, solidarity style That was a poor choice Remind me that books about people who are stressed just make me stressed.Beyond that, the last 40% of this book was nonsensical I m thinking a lot was lost in translation and cultural differences Ingrid was supposed to be neurotic, not psychotic And, FYI, finally selling your house does not cure metal illn As a stressed mom of three who is also desperately trying to hold it all together I thought reading a book about another one would be comforting, solidarity style That was a poor choice Remind me that books about people who are stressed just make me stressed.Beyond that, the last 40% of this book was nonsensical I m thinking a lot was lost in translation and cultural differences Ingrid was supposed to be ...The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter by J.S Drangsholt is a cautionary tale regarding the tragic consequences of spending an excessive amount of one s life obsessing over a single subject paired with the concomitant failure to develop basic social skills followed by the systematic institutionalization of said persons and then gleefully watching the resulting carnage like some sort of malevolent deity Or to repeat myself, a story about university faculty Our heroine is Ingrid Winter wh The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter by J.S Drangsholt is a cautionary tale regarding the tragic consequences of spending an excessive amount of one s life obsessing over a single subject paired with the concomitant failure to develop basic social skills followed by the systematic institutionalization of said persons and then gleefully watching the resulting carnage like some sort of malevolent deity Or to repeat myself, a story about university faculty Our heroine is Ingrid Winter who despite her scattered and whimsical thought processes manages to find herself as the most rational of all her academic colleagues, but only by the thinnest of margins Her department finds itself in the midst of an reorganization by the villainous administration and responds with the refined thought and mental clarity possessed by those who have achieved employment in higher education only could With complete and utter anarchy, disco...This was my free Kindle Prime read and I m so glad I picked it Home.Run Best book I ve read in a while.Ingrid is slightly neurotic and extremely passive with a knack for getting herself into some sticky and or awkward situations The premise was unique and well developed The pacing was perfect and the dialogue is the best I ve read in a long time snappy, witty, and perfectly executed The characters are all well developed as well and they leap from the page Her colleagues especially the De This was my free Kindle Prime read and I m so glad I picked it Home.Run Best book I ve read in a while.Ingrid is slightly neurotic and extremely passive with a knack for getting herself into some sticky and or awkward situations The premise was unique and well developed The pacing was perfect and the dialogue is the best I ve read in a long time snappy, witty, and perfectly executed The characters are all well developed as well and they leap from the page Her colleagues especially the Department Chair, Peter and Invgill are all total nightmares and it was comical navigating the workplace with her for that very reason We all have a Peter and an Ingvill in our own offices and can relate The Russia trip was also priceless, especially the unexpected outcome and the parallels between Ingrid s group and their Russian counterparts Tip don t drink Russian cough syrup The author gets major points for weaving...Loved this Ingrid is very easy to sympathize with even with all of her faults Maybe it s because I am the same age as Ingrid that I identified with the character However, I don t have one kid let alone three so reading about her juggling family life with multiple children and two working parents just gave me a bit of anxiety It s no wonder Ingrid is so neurotic All in all a great read that was wrapped up very nicely Fans of Where d You Go, Bernadette or The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 8 Loved this Ingrid is very easy to sympathize with even with all of her faults Maybe it s because I am the same age as Ingrid that I identified with the character However, I don t have one kid let alone three so reading about her juggling family life with multiple children and two working parents just gave me a bit of anxiety It s no wonder Ingrid is so neurotic All in all a great read that was wrapped up very nicely Fans of Where d You Go, Bernadette or The ...

The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter (Ingrid Winter Misadventure #1)
  • English
  • 19 March 2018
  • Audio CD
  • 1536610895
  • J.S. Drangsholt
  • The Marvelous Misadventures of Ingrid Winter (Ingrid Winter Misadventure #1)