At 26, Mia has her whole life planned out - her boyfriend of six years will propose to her, they will live in a Craftsman cottage in Seattle, and she will continue baking at the job she loves. But then, suddenly, that boyfriend can't bring himself to propose to her and tells her instead that he "needs a break" and he doesn't think they "work together" anymore.Mia finds herself having to create an alternate life than the one she planned. Mother Teresa was a childhood hero and she herself would like to become Saint Mia. But baking is all she really likes to do and that just doesn't seem like enough. So on a whim, she joins her roommate on a humanitarian trip around the world, hoping to figure out what it is she's meant to do while she's gone. They visit Mumbai and then are called to the Hungarian border to help with the refugee crisis there. Will she ever be able to figure out what she is called to do?
This was a good, quick read. (Which seems to be what I've been reading lately!) But it isn't necessarily a light-hearted book. We visit the slums of Mumbai with Mia and her teammates and see and feel their frustration at how little they can do. And that frustration is only strengthened when they have to deal with the hordes of people trying to escape such difficult lives that living as a refugee is better than what they left.
The romance may be a bit too obvious but the characters are likable and worth rooting for. I enjoyed it a lot.
P.S. This book is NOT about honeybees in the obvious way. You won't learn anything about how bees produce honey but you MIGHT learn something about how bees can guide you on your path.
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