An eccentric woman who is great with numbersbut not so great with peoplerealizes it's up to her to pull a community together in this charming, big-hearted, ';fun read, full of unique characters' (Associated Press)perfect for fans of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine and The Rosie Project.
Germaine Johnson doesn't need friends. She has her work and her Sudoku puzzles. Until, that is, an incident at her insurance company leaves her joblessand it turns out that there are very few openings these days for senior mathematicians with zero people skills.
Desperate, Germaine manages to secure a position at City Hall answering calls on the Senior Citizens Helpline. But it turns out that the mayor has something else in mind for Germaine: a secret project involving the troublemakers at the senior citizens center and their feud with the neighboring golf clubwhich happens to be run by the dashing yet disgraced national Sudoku champion, Don Thomas.
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