Title: Uggh! What a mess...
Product review: A friend from a book club suggested I read this one. Often, we love the same authors (Anita Shreve, Amy Tan, Kaye Gibbons, etc.) but every time I picked this one up it just didn't click for me. Well, I finally sat down to read it and I was so disappointed! I think this is one of the many recent books that have been "hyped-up" more than it deserves. It's a somewhat funny, mildly entertaining tale of several lazy, shallow, vain southern women and their daughters. The story primarily focuses on one of the daughters who is desperately lost and trying to find her way as an adult. I adore books about southern women (see Kaye Gibbons - wonderful writer!) and family, but I found this to be one-dimensional and extremely predictable. If you must read it, go to the library - don't bother to buy. And, plan to read it while on vacation or better yet, while drinking heavily! Maybe if I had been drunk, I would have liked it too...
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