Fiction / Modern Woman
288 pages
5 Stars
I chose this book as my August Kindle First Read. I love the
opportunity to try a book in a genre I don't normally read, and this was
delightful.
This book is, in a word, delightful.
The story is told through several different points of view,
each identified as the chapter heading. It is what I'd call, "women's
fiction" for lack of a better term. In other words, I think women will
enjoy it far more than men will. Women will be able to relate to the women in
this story, and it is mostly about women.
It's almost a coming of age story for a small, close knit
community instead of a child. There are a couple of mysteries—who stalked the
girl in high school?—what happened to the girl who disappeared a couple of
months ago?—why did the wife run off and leave husband and children? And, of
course, there is the unlikely heroine who solves them.
I read this book in two days. Although it was not an
adrenaline gusher, it compelled me to keep reading. I could relate to the
characters, I cared about them, all of them, and wanted to find out how they,
and the story, ended.
I have a single criterion for liking fiction (book or
movie)—I want to feel better when I close the book than when I picked it up.
This book meets that criterion.
This is a perfect book to read at the beach—or in the
hammock under the shade tree.
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