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Title: Too many people behaving randomly
Review: Synopsis: Too many characters, though very few are particularly interesting, admirable or deep, behaving randomly.Clare, the protagonist, breaks up her family for an affair, though it is never clear that she is really dissatisfied or with what exactly. The object of the affair then promptly evaporates as a character. Her husband turns to her former best friend, even though it's made clear that they don't really like each other or have anything in common. After this, they also reappear only briefly and superficially. Hadley drops hints of some real issues (Clare's mother-in-law's insomnia, Tamsin's cutting herself, Naomi's drinking) but then fails to follow up, leaving the reader to wonder at their being mentioned at all.Better books on motherhood's frustrations include Rachel Cusk's A Life's Work and Karen Karbo's Motherhood Made a Man Out of Me
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