The Playgroup: A Novel by Nelsie SpencerMy rating: 2 of 5 stars
I really liked the first half of this book - it's about a woman who enrolls her toddler in a prestigious New York City playgroup (sounded like a preschool to me) and feels like her lifestyle - breastfeeding her other baby, not having a nanny - makes her an outcast. Immediately I got a vibe like the Odd Mom Out show i've been enjoying on Bravo.
But this book takes a turn - a weird one. There are enough complexities to the main character's background to satisfy a book - she is recovering from an eating disorder, and lost a best friend when she became a mother to someone who chose career instead, but the friendship haunts her. And yet even with all that, the author decides that (spoiler alert) a LESBIAN AFFAIR between the main character and one of the other moms is in order. An affair that the other women's husband assists in and supports.
Anyway, what was a fun read to begin with became so unrealistic it was just no fun to finish.
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