This book is about a woman who has built her life around her politician husband. An early scene has her waiting at a breakfast buffet for his omelette while he catches up on the newspaper at their table. As a young adult she had been a lawyer, but choose this path instead. When a scandal about him hits the news, she needs to re-evaluate her life. At the same time, her two adult daughters (one a recovering addict and the other a lifelong overachiever) are struggling with their own identity crises. The book changes point of view among the women, each one narrating a chapter at a time.
Relevance of the subject matter aside, I just can't get into Jennifer Weiner. Every one of her books I read is good but not great, and this was no exception. The characters were interesting but a little too predictable. The writing kept my attention but was nothing sophisticated. And the story was just ok. It was neither a story of the road to forgiveness nor of personal transformation. I enjoyed American Wife's treatment of similar subject matter much better. Not sure I will read Weiner's next book.
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