by Jennifer Weiner
When Becky, an overweight chef, meets Ayinde, the biracial wife of an NBA star, and Kelly, an overachiever struggling to overcome her chaotic childhood, at a prenatal yoga class, all three women soon unexpectedly find themselves relying on each other for everything from bathing newborns to unemployed husbands. When Lia, a mysterious woman running from a tragedy, joins their group, the women find that together, they can survive anything. Even the first year of motherhood.
At times funny, at times heartbreaking, and sometimes both at the same time, Weiner delivers one her best I've read so far. Told in alternating chapters by all 4 women, Weiner has the ability to give each character her own voice, without shorting anyone. I was in tears with Lia's story, laughing out loud with Becky, sympathetic of Ayinde, and wanting to shake some sense into Kelly.
My only complaint about Jennifer Weiner's books is that I never want them to end.
Library book
Monday, August 15, 2011
Fly Away Home
by Jennifer Weiner
Sylvie Woodruff has it all - a senator husband, two grown daughters, a judge mother, and all the privileges she spent her life building. Until the media discovers her husband had an affair with a young staffer and got her a job. As Sylvie's life quickly unravels, she retreats to her childhood vacation home in Connecticut. Joined later by her daughters, Sylvie and her daughters slowly put back together the lives that had so recently fallen apart.
What more can I say about Jennifer Weiner's books? Her characters feel like friends by the time the story is over. I usually read her books in a matter of days - in this case, one day - because I cannot put her books down and then am sad when it's done. This one was a little different because the main character, Sylvie, is older than the characters Weiner usually writes, but still superbly done. If you've ever seen a politician standing up admitting an affair and wonder how his wife can stand there next to him, Weiner takes you inside the life of that wife and shows you what she's thinking.
As always, a great book by Jennifer Weiner.
I got this on Kindle for $11.99
Sylvie Woodruff has it all - a senator husband, two grown daughters, a judge mother, and all the privileges she spent her life building. Until the media discovers her husband had an affair with a young staffer and got her a job. As Sylvie's life quickly unravels, she retreats to her childhood vacation home in Connecticut. Joined later by her daughters, Sylvie and her daughters slowly put back together the lives that had so recently fallen apart.
What more can I say about Jennifer Weiner's books? Her characters feel like friends by the time the story is over. I usually read her books in a matter of days - in this case, one day - because I cannot put her books down and then am sad when it's done. This one was a little different because the main character, Sylvie, is older than the characters Weiner usually writes, but still superbly done. If you've ever seen a politician standing up admitting an affair and wonder how his wife can stand there next to him, Weiner takes you inside the life of that wife and shows you what she's thinking.
As always, a great book by Jennifer Weiner.
I got this on Kindle for $11.99
Toys
by James Patterson
Hays Baker and his wife Lizbeth have super-human strength, amazing looks, and are smarter than your average human. Because they're not human - they're Elites, an exclusive group of "people" who are part of the Agency of Change. They work to rid the world of ordinary humans and make the earth a better place.
Until a brutal attack leaves Hays gravely injured. While in surgery, doctors make a discovery that changes everything Hays knows about the world around him - and himself.
This is by far not one of Patterson's best. Honestly, it was all I could do to get through it. There was a lot of action, which is not unusual for a Patterson novel, but it was hard to stay with it through the car chases, airplane escapes and runs through abandoned buildings.
There are so many other great James Patterson novels out there that I wouldn't waste my time on this one.
I got this for Kindle from Amazon for $14.99.
Hays Baker and his wife Lizbeth have super-human strength, amazing looks, and are smarter than your average human. Because they're not human - they're Elites, an exclusive group of "people" who are part of the Agency of Change. They work to rid the world of ordinary humans and make the earth a better place.
Until a brutal attack leaves Hays gravely injured. While in surgery, doctors make a discovery that changes everything Hays knows about the world around him - and himself.
This is by far not one of Patterson's best. Honestly, it was all I could do to get through it. There was a lot of action, which is not unusual for a Patterson novel, but it was hard to stay with it through the car chases, airplane escapes and runs through abandoned buildings.
There are so many other great James Patterson novels out there that I wouldn't waste my time on this one.
I got this for Kindle from Amazon for $14.99.
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