About this title: As a young girl in a blue collar neighbourhood of Pasadena, Taylor Young watched the selection of the Rose Bowl queen every year with fascination and envy. When she grew up, Taylor decided that she'd be beautiful and popular and have stylish clothes too. She would marry a handsome, successful man and live happily ever after. At 36, Taylor is at the pinnacle of her dreams. She has a successful software billionaire husband, three beautiful girls and a life of luxury in an exclusive enclave in Bellevue. But her picture-perfect life is about to unravel...As the new school year draws near, Taylor ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: 5 Spot
Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446699242ISBN:0446699241
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Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: 5 Spot
Date Published: 2008-05-05
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Date Published: 2008
ISBN-13:9780446699242ISBN:0446699241
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Publisher: 5 Spot
Date Published: 2008
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Publisher: 5 Spot
Date Published: 2008-05-05
ISBN-13:9780446699242ISBN:0446699241
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Seriously, this book brings to mind the phrase "like watching a train wreck."
It's a story about a judgemental rich bitch who only does everything for the good of the children (including being horribly offended when someone else is picked for head room mother) who -- surprise! -- is actually insecure from a childhood of trauma and rejection. Everything in her life looks oh-so-perfect and then -- surprise! -- her husband is actually out of work and they're a couple million dollars in debt. But -- surprise! -- she learns deep lessons about what really matters in life and -- surprise again! -- they live happily ever after.
I spent the first third of the book alternating between thinking that nobody could actually be like this woman and being horrified that somewhere there's actually a community of women like this. Would readers like this book because they think that such snobbish groups are glamorous and they want to be part of one, or because they want to see such obnoxious people brought low? I can't figure it out.
I spent most of the rest of the book wondering several things. First, how can a smart woman can be so utterly clueless about money (she rang up a $17,000 credit card bill one typical month and had literally no idea that such things as automatic deductions from checking accounts could exist)? And how does a woman with an administrative assistant job pay $1800/month rent and feed three kids? And while I see that most of her friends drop her (the way she dropped someone else with socially embarrassing problems), the story starts out being entirely about those relationships and then they virtually disappear. There are a few scenes, but hardly in keeping with the early story.
Yes, this book is chick lit, and so is geared to be a light read (though it tries to offer meaty bits about self-esteem, financial independence, children's experience of divorce, adults' relationships with their parents, societal expectations, the value of volunteering, women returning to the work force, the job market, "one mistake" adultery, single parenthood, and more). But the beginning is too annoying, the middle too unbelievable, and the ending too perfect."
"I started reading this book and literally could hardly put it down until I was done reading it! It was funny, entertaining and insightful. This book is sort of a Desperate Housewives type of story about a very wealthy mom who gets a huge dose of reality. I love the life lessons that come out in the book, which are about what is really important in life, who are friends really are, and choosing our own happiness rather than trying to live a life we feel is "expected" of us due to the judgements and expectations of those around us."
"I didn't think it would be so depressing-yet it was. Very wealth family looses all their money, question their marriage, children handle it well, they move to the "slums", family ignored by friends, new friend with edgy people who help them grow, marriage is saved, and husband gets a fabulous job so everything is great again.
YUCK!!!! Just writing this review makes me hate it."
"When I started reading, I really didn't like the main character, Taylor. But the more I read, the more I found myself rooting for her. Even though her situations were extreme, what she was going through was relatable. It was a good reminder for me that no matter how perfect things look, there is no such thing as being Mrs. Perfect. Great summer/beach read."
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