About the Book:
Finola, a popular LA morning-show host, is famously upbeat until she’s
blindsided on live TV by the news that her husband is sleeping with a
young pop sensation who has set their affair to music. While avoiding
the tabloids and pretending she’s just fine, she’s crumbling inside, desperate for him to come to his senses and for life to go back to normal.
Zennie’s
breakup is no big loss. Although the world insists she pair up, she’d
rather be surfing. So agreeing to be the surrogate for her best friend
is a no-brainer—after all, she has an available womb and no other
attachments to worry about. Except…when everyone else, including her big
sister, thinks she’s making a huge mistake, being pregnant is a lot
lonelier—and more complicated—than she imagined.
Never the
tallest, thinnest or prettiest sister, Ali is used to being overlooked,
but when her fiancé sends his disapproving brother to call off the
wedding, it’s a new low. And yet Daniel continues to turn up “for
support,” making Ali wonder if maybe—for once—someone sees her in a way
no one ever has.
But side by side by side, these sisters will
start over and rebuild their lives with all the affection, charm and
laugh-out-loud humor that is classic Susan Mallery.
My Comments:
When couples break up it is easy to blame the other partner. Either the other partner did something to cause you to want out, or the partner initiated the breakup. In this story, three sisters had break-ups with the course of a week, and we follow them as they move from blaming the other person to accepting their part in it, and moving on.
I like the way Mallery not only looked at the couples' relationships but also the relationships each of the women had with people in general and how those relationship traits affected not only their romantic relationships but also the rest of their lives.
I don't think I was every surprised about how things happened, but this was a light interesting read.
I'd like to thank the publisher for making a review copy available via NetGalley. Somehow this didn't make it to the top of my list near publication time. Grade: B.
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