A Good Knight

A Good Knight book cover Former beauty queen Robyn Brodie was still single at age 32. After a seven-year relationship she assumed would lead to marriage, she broke off the engagement. Robyn found herself staring at a lonely future. Yet she wanted to be unlonely and desired the experience of marriage and family in the traditional sense. She was not encouraged at her chances however, given the tick of the biological clock, mixed with the lack of available prospects. So she took some crazy advice to put out an APB for her future husband! The advisor insisted it would only work if Robyn was committed to going out with whomever asked. Robyn wanted her dream badly enough to try this approach. Hilarity ensues as Robyn journeys to find A Good Knight, through a barrage of . . . er . . . fascinating characters. Built on the arc of a novel, Robyn’s humorous memoir is narrated in Creative Non-Fiction and spoils us with allusions to canonized literary greats who provide comfort along the way.

Does Robyn ever find a good knight? Could this method work in the 1990’s, before social media?

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Reviews

BookLife Review

BookLife Prize – 2019

Reading somewhat like a romantic comedy throwback, this memoir showcases the author’s bold, frequently awkward, often amusing, and ultimately satisfying journey to find love. Stories of dating following the demise of a long relationship, are common territory, but Brodie’s self-awareness, humor, and refusal to give up on romance, heightens the reading experience.Brodie emerges as a fully sympathetic and sincere character in her own story. The casual writing style, paired with well-rendered dialogue and description, will gratify readers of romantic fiction and stories of second chances.

Amazon Review

Hero(ine)’s Journey Meets Sex in the City

This beauty queen can write! In this laugh-out-loud memoir of the narrator’s search for “one good knight” (a man of future husband material), Robyn Brodie introduces a cast of men the likes of which one expects only to encounter in fiction. Brodie’s writing style is so candid and intimate (and funny!) that you will feel as though you are her new best friend, learning all the horrors and humilities that happen when one is single and searching.

After reading the description, I was a little hesitant that the book would wallow in self-pity or be overly-sentimental and read like a boy-crazy girl’s guide to landing “the one.” On the contrary, I was pleasantly surprised by the narrator’s independence and moxie as well as her well-placed allusions to literature that I, too, love. While searching for her knight, she makes plenty of self-discoveries. This is a narrator you will root for and laugh with and cry with. Imagine Jane Austen in the 21st century. That’s this book. –Michelle L. Stoel, Amazon

Endorsements

“Robyn S. Brodie invites readers to come along on her search for, A Good Knight. Her stories will make you laugh and cry. The author’s writing style invites you to look at your own story, while her real life experiences challenge any trace of magical thinking surrounding love and romance. Throughout her search for A Good Knight, Robyn S. Brodie reveals her deepest desire—authentic intimacy.”

Anne O’Shaughnessy Evans, Co-Author of, “Together: Reclaiming Co-Leadership in Marriage,” REAL LIFE Ministries, TimPlusAnne.com

“Robyn S. Brodie’s, A Good Knight, adeptly reveals her remarkable ability to find comedy where others might only see loneliness and desperation on their journey to find The One! Anyone who has ever wondered what life has in store for them will enjoy laughing with Robyn as she shares her (true) story!”

Staci Daniel, Editor In-Chief, My Art Fair Magazine and founder, MyArtFair.com

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