Title: Cheesy, contrived drivel!
Product review: I, too, was conned into reading this by well-meaning friends who declared it to be wonderful and funny. I won't be taking their literary advice again! I don't often despise books, but this one is horrible. It's sappy and contrived, and far too poorly written to qualify as a guilty pleasure. The characters are one dimensional and unoriginal, the flashbacks are tedious and heavy-handed, yet still fare better than the awkward attempt at a framing story in the relationship between Sidda and her sickening, plastic-molded boyfriend. I don't want to spoil the girl power/woman love thing surrounding this book, but I don't understand what the fuss is about. Try "Who Will Run the Frog Hospital" by Lorrie Moore, or "Sarah Phillips" by Andrea Lee, or ANYTHING - just leave this one alone.
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