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Note: I've tried to be cryptic but one comment may still have a SPOILER effect The nature of this book reminded me of the working mom's version of Sex & the City. The style of the narration, the love affair with New York, the group of vastly diverse women who come together to support each other etc. If you liked the tone of that series (or the book), you will probably like this book (although even my eternally optimistic nature scoffed at rich-well-connected-generous-friends as plot devices who tend to swoop in with offers of loans and top-quality health care). Still, had I read the book in paperback format instead of listening to the audio version, I would have more than likely given it 4 stars on the strength of Georgia's character alone. What drove me to distraction was the use of atrocious accents by the narrator. Hearing this woman try to read dialog in character with accents ranging from Manhattan Socialite to West Indies to Scottish and, worst of all, attempting to sound like a suave 40-year-old African American man from Baltimore, took me completely out of the story. The way she fell in and out of the West Indies & Scottish accents - getting some words spot on while others were mangled - was so irritating (and frequently comical) that I quickly found I was listening for the way the words were said & not hearing what the characters were actually saying. I will probably read the author's new book, Comfort Food, but you can be sure I will get it in paperback.

Lots of issues here; SPOILERS

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Okay so I read this book after my daughter recommended it; she read it through tears and thought it was great. I read it quickly; so I suppose it was interesting and I wanted to see what happened, but some of the scenes were really contrived and unbelievable. For instance, if Georgia decided to take her daughter to Scotland to meet her great-grandmother, why would the trip have to be THAT SAME WEEK as when the kid ran away? Why wouldn't she plan instead to go in the summer, after school was over? I couldn't understand why she was in such a hurry to make the trip happen; nor why she took her newly found ex-friend with her. That made NO sense. Also, when they get to Scotland, to the rental car place; the instruction that the salesman gives them is backwards...paperback page 205...it's actually the DRIVER who's on the curb side of the street when driving in the UK. The ending was not much of a surprise; sad, though. And the neat wrapping up of every character's life...baby born the same time as... and Cat getting a great apt, and somehow the knit shop gets free rent? Why? And let's not forget that had Georgia read either of those 2 letters she got from James at the time she received them, the story wouldn't have happened! Who gets mail and saves it without reading...what willpower? and for what purpose?? and she just happened to take the letters with her to Scotland?

Better than I expected	Customer Rating:
I really enjoyed this book. It was entertaining to read. I wasn't looking for deep characters or classic literature. I'll pass it on to my mom.

Quick delivery of a book in mint condition	Customer Rating:
This is a book that is both a quick read AND a book that has some amazing insights into how many women think and deal with their personal and public lives. I cared about the characters and felt a connection to each one in some area of their story. The clever ties between how to knit to how to deal with issues was unique. A good read!

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

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Ugly first-- The whole time I was reading this, I had a real sense of being manipulated by the author. There were just too many stereotypes and character interactions that stretched credibility to the breaking point. For example--is there any chance at all that you wouldn't recognize your very best high school friend 15 year later, no matter what physical transformation she'd undergone? I saw a distant acquaintance in line at the market after almost 25 years and knew her within seconds! And how is it that Georgia still had money problems after saying early on that she had enough to send her daughter to Harvard and then being paid $30,000 plus for Cat's two dresses AFTER that? There's more, but those were the worst. Bad-- Did Ms Jacobs not have an editor? I noticed several spelling errors--and they weren't typos. Konked, anyone? Good-- As jejeune as some of the writing, as most of the characters, and as utterly predictable as some of the plot points, I got up at six in the morning to finish this book. I wanted to know what happened. That's very good!