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Becoming Mona Lisa
We are not invisible because the world does not see us. We become invisible when we can no longer see ourselves. In a moment of epiphany, Mona Lisa Siggs, scratches a poignant quote on a lavender envelope. Faced with the daunting choice of saving her marriage, or killing her husband - which modern forensics has made nearly impossible to get away with - Mona decides to make one final effort to rekindle a relationship seriously on the skids. Cue the birds. Hours into their reconciliation, Mona and her husband Tom, find themselves surrounded by hundreds of crows who have made their home in Aunt Ida's trees. With the help of brother-in-law Robbie, the duo find themselves engaged in radical crow relocation methods. Effort leads to mayhem for the Siggs, as they dodge bird goo, a crazy neighbor armed with a potato gun, and local law enforcement. From the chaos, lessons emerge, those that save a relationship, and shape a life. Becoming Mona Lisa is a delightful story of love and self-discovery, delivered with side-splitting laughter.
Published: May 31, 2012
Pages: 234
ISBN: 9781612961149
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Rachel S.
Apr 6, 2026
Becoming Mona Lisa was a fantastic read. I understood where Mona and Toms relationship had got to, they stopped communicating, stopped interacting, stopped everything they used to do together really like a lot of couples do. Rather than walking away Mona decides that she wants to try and fix the marriage which pleased me as so many people do walk away rather than start communicating again and working things out.
Trying to work things out when you have a neighbour that seems to think you killed your aunt and is determined to cause trouble for you and having hundreds of crows around your house waiting for you to go outside so they can poop on you can leave you on your last tether. But after all of the trouble Mona and Tom go through with the neighbour, the crows and a falling apart house their love grows stronger.
This book is so funny I couldn’t contain my laughter but it is also a great story of rekindling a love a couple once had.
It was very well written and I look forward to reading more from Holden Robinson in the future.
Trying to work things out when you have a neighbour that seems to think you killed your aunt and is determined to cause trouble for you and having hundreds of crows around your house waiting for you to go outside so they can poop on you can leave you on your last tether. But after all of the trouble Mona and Tom go through with the neighbour, the crows and a falling apart house their love grows stronger.
This book is so funny I couldn’t contain my laughter but it is also a great story of rekindling a love a couple once had.
It was very well written and I look forward to reading more from Holden Robinson in the future.