However, I feel that chick lit by definition should be both light and short. I just hope it turns out to be better than "Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons".Ĭomplaint #1: I have nothing against middle-aged or any other kind of chick lit. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.I really need something light and fluffy now, but this book is giving me ADD. Light but never flip, this is funny, contemplative and touching reading, and the group's familiar book choices allow readers to feel as if they're part of the gang, too, as they race to the end, eager to find out what happens, why it does and what it all means.Ĭopyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. It's a testament to Noble's characterizations and plotting that the novel is not overwhelming, despite its numerous (perhaps too many) points of view, complicated backstories and interweaving contemporary crises. Over the course of a year, the women read 12 novels (including Atonement, Rebecca and The Alchemist) and, through their playful but intimate discussions (few of which revolve around the books), they bond closely while coping with such matters as a philandering husband, a mother with dementia, a pregnant but unmarried daughter, an infertility crisis, a wedding and a funeral. bestseller is a frothy page-turner that dissects the relationships, desires and discoveries of five English women, all members of a book club. Perfect indulgence for the eponymous set-or pandering to an anticipated audience? Or maybe both? As the London Evening Standard put it, "The blurb has down as a simple Surrey housewife who knocked this out between the Hoovering and the hot sex, but further investigation reveals her to be a veteran of book marketing married to the head of Time Warner UK." Go figure! Well, either way, this U.K.
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