Flat Broke with Two Goats by Jennifer McGaha

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Review by Christin

5 Stars!!!!

What an emotional and inspiring novel!

Jennifer McGaha takes readers on her journey as she and her husband, David, try to navigate their family through the Great Recession. After living in upper-middle/middle class her entire life, Jennifer gradually realizes her life is about to drastically change when she notices the red flags that her family is in financial ruins. Between having their home foreclosed on and owing an exorbitant amount in back taxes, Jennifer and David ultimately have to move. Wanting to stay local so their youngest child can finish out his senior year of high school, they move into a rustic (that’s putting it kindly) cabin-like house in the woods. The house is set on acres and acres in Appalachia, so the setting is beautiful, but the house itself is a nightmare. Rodents, snakes, leaking pipes are just some of the amenities this house offers, but without another option David and Jennifer move in. From that point on in this novel I was 100% hooked and glued to kindle to read how every works out.

This book was very moving and insightful “…I struggled to think of what our futures might look like, of who we would become now that all the extraneous things had been stripped away.” That quote from Flat Broke with Two Goats is something that everyone has hypothetically pondered. After reading Jennifer’s experiences, I think it’s an answer that if one was actually put in that position, people would learn a lot about themselves. The would of, could of, should of, is something anyone would ask if they were in Jennifer and David’s situation and Jennifer does an amazing job of conveying her answers as she recounts their journey. I think Jennifer is very brave and I commend her for sharing her story through humor, heartache and bare bones honesty. Flat Broke with Two Goats is a 5 star read that anyone and everyone should read! Go check it out!!