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Search - My Ex-Best Friend : A Novel of Suburbia
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My Ex-Best Friend A Novel of Suburbia Author: Just your average multitasking mom... In suburban Washington, D.C., Claire Newman juggles a journalism career, marriage, and children: when she's not writing a story for Nationweek magazine, she's managing car pools, soccer games, and birthday parties. But one phone call is about to send Claire in pursuit of answers to a mystery that's ... more »
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You can definitely tell that this book is the first novel published by the author. The writing has too much of the author in it - she's obviously not able to keep her direct voice out of her fiction, which is the mark of a truly great writer (think Shakespeare and Austen).
I picked it up because I read her essay "Good Enough" in "Mommy Wars," which was very good, but non-fiction is definitely her forte. Hopefully, she'll stay away from novels in the future.
Jennifer Weiner handles VERY similar subject matter much better in "Goodnight Nobody," so I would recommend reading that instead.
I picked it up because I read her essay "Good Enough" in "Mommy Wars," which was very good, but non-fiction is definitely her forte. Hopefully, she'll stay away from novels in the future.
Jennifer Weiner handles VERY similar subject matter much better in "Goodnight Nobody," so I would recommend reading that instead.
Genres:
- Literature & Fiction >> General >> Contemporary
- Mystery, Thriller & Suspense >> Mystery >> Women Sleuths