
Julie wrote on 6/1/2007...
13 member(s) found this review helpful.
Hilarious! And sad. And a great read. My mom grew up in the neighborhood written about here and so it was great to relive some childhood memories.

Karleen H. (
KHarpMoM) wrote on 3/8/2007...
10 member(s) found this review helpful.
I loved this book. It's about women and friendship, motherhood, love & survival. Each character is interesting and Landvik shares enough of them to get you invested in who they are - even the ones you hate. Really well written. Perfect book club reading.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is possibly one of the best books I've ever read! A slide-show of stories twined around the life stories of women in a bookclub. The book takes you from the day they first met until decades later - in a hospital -waiting. Ms. Landvik use of character development is a marvel. I feel as if I not only really know these women, but I think I'm a charter member of their bookclub. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE READ THIS BOOK! You won't be sorry!

Jan M. (
batgirl) wrote on 12/23/2007...
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
LUVVED this book and the women in it. The title refers to a monthly bookclub formed by the women of Freesia Court, so designated by a scornful husband but embraced by the women. The book begins in the present but flashes back through the decades that the women have known each other. Each grows, deals with spouses, affairs, children...all the stuff the rest of us deal with. Although the cover reminds me of my mother-in-law and her friends, the Angry Housewives are of my Boomer generation. I called a friend the other day and said, "You have to read this book. You ARE Audrey!"
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent woven story of 5 women that follows them throughout their lives together... makes you feel part of their lives... enjoyed tremendously!
5 member(s) found this review helpful.
LOVED this book....a great tale of the enduring power of women's friendships and the love they share across the decades and through the births and deaths, marriages and divorces on their cul de sac.

Maureen C. (
Modaba) wrote on 2/27/2007...
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
What a gem of a story! This book made me a Lorna Landvik fan! I adored the characters! I think that all female book lovers will love this wonderful tale of a women's book club.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Reminded me of Divine Secrets of the YaYa Sisterhood, but BETTER. A book lovers book, a story for women ABOUT women, a fun, engrossing story!
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
This was really an up lifting book. While I did shed a few tears it was well worth it. This book is about 4 ladies starting a neighborhood book club while going through the stages of life, starting in their early 20's. You get to watch their children grow up along with the ladies. I would reccomend this book to anyone and everyone for a good laugh, a couple tears, and good food ;)
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
An interesting read...kind of a chick-lit version of Marilyn French's The Women's Room (which I highly recommend BTW)...heavy on the feel-good, easy to read.