I couldn't go as far as to say ''Put this on your Christmas list now!'' – but I would say ''Note the author's name''. It's a decent debut, one that suggests that she could go in several different directions with the skill to deliver more and better.
For another feel-good book with a touch of drama with a woman lead from much the same age/place try [[The Very Picture of Of You by Isabel Wolff]]
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