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A False Sense of Well Being
A False Sense of Well Being
Author: Jeanne Braselton
At thirty-eight, Jessie Maddox has a comfortable life in Glenville, Georgia, with the most responsible husband in the world. But after the storybook romance, "happily ever after" never came. Now Jessie is left to wonder: Why can't she stop picturing herself as the perfect grieving widow? As Jessie dives headlong into her midlife crisis, she is j...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780345443120
ISBN-10: 0345443128
Publication Date: 2001
Pages: 400
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 91 ratings
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed A False Sense of Well Being on + 22 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
I enjoyed this book, I thought it was good reading on the lighter side. I think a lot of women can identify with a woman midlife feeling disenchnated with what her life has become.
reviewed A False Sense of Well Being on + 112 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Quick read. Insightful, universally knowns, put in a new light. Original. Really like this author.
reviewed A False Sense of Well Being on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
This book is sad and funny. A little slow to start, but it picks up and is a good read.
reviewed A False Sense of Well Being on + 130 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Very entertaining book in the tradition of "The Secret Life of Bees". Tragically, the author committed suicide a couple of years ago.
nana23 avatar reviewed A False Sense of Well Being on + 243 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Not your typical southern fiction, but still very entertaining with unusual characters and great dialogue.
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reviewed A False Sense of Well Being on + 8 more book reviews
Just okay for me, but well written.
readergaltoo avatar reviewed A False Sense of Well Being on + 42 more book reviews
Great book! A "normal" marriage and comfortable life - is this it? This is a good first novel.
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Interesting read - some of the main characters thoughts were a bit disturbing though. The author made me think!


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