Lori S. (ourbookaddiction) reviewed The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem on
I absolutely loved this book. Maybe because I read it right after my daughter left for college and I could totally identify with her feelings. I hated when this one ended. I think it should be required reading for the daughters that leave us behind too. :-)
BookwormKath -
Despite our misgivings, our bookclub decided to read this book at the suggestion of one of our members. The lesson here: Never second guess yourself.
Written in poem verse (annoying), it's tells the story of a 40-something wife and mother and the angst of aging/marriage/motherhood. It's supposed to be clever, but I didn't find it particularly humorous.
As I was reading, I kept glancing longingly at my overstuffed bookshelf of to-be-read books and wondering why I was wasting my time on this one. Not willing to second guess myself a second time, I finally gave up on it in lieu of something I'd really been looking forward to reading.
I think I'll go to the bookclub meeting just to see what everyone else thought of it. (And because somebody's supposed to be bringing cheesecake.)
Written in poem verse (annoying), it's tells the story of a 40-something wife and mother and the angst of aging/marriage/motherhood. It's supposed to be clever, but I didn't find it particularly humorous.
As I was reading, I kept glancing longingly at my overstuffed bookshelf of to-be-read books and wondering why I was wasting my time on this one. Not willing to second guess myself a second time, I finally gave up on it in lieu of something I'd really been looking forward to reading.
I think I'll go to the bookclub meeting just to see what everyone else thought of it. (And because somebody's supposed to be bringing cheesecake.)
Regina (virgosun) reviewed The Hunchback of Neiman Marcus: A Novel About Marriage, Motherhood, and Mayhem on + 888 more book reviews
This is not the type of book I'd pick up, let alone read, because it's, like, POETRY (shudders). But it was staring at me in my Airbnb lodging and after the first page, I was hooked. For despite having been formatted into stanzas like traditional poetry, it read like a story with a straightforward flow about totally real issues facing a 50-yo woman--hey, that's me! My friend kept asking me, "What's so funny?" Dive in and see for yourself. An entertaining read at 4 stars.
