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Review title: Great expectations, terrific disappointment
Product review: When I saw Christina Schwarz's second novel displayed inside the door of a local bookstore, I snatched it up, assuming (you know what they say about ASSUMING) that I was in for another great read on the order of *Drowning Ruth.* No such luck. Protagonist Margaret Snyder's foibles fail to make her sympathetic, but succeed in irritating (and boring) the reader--at least this one. Nor was I able to accept the premise that Margaret's friend Letty--wife, mother of four, and purportedly a heretofore responsible and conscious adult--would suddenly lapse into complete financial idiocy. I'll continue to read Schwarz, because *Drowning Ruth* demonstrates a great storytelling talent. As for *All Is Vanity*--well, as an old friend used to say, "Everyone's got to swallow a squid once in a while."
