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The Secret Desires of a Soccer Mom
Author: Robyn Harding

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Publisher: Ballantine Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Rating:
6

ISBN-13: 9780345476302 - ISBN-10: 0345476301
Publication Date: 7/25/2006
Pages: 304

Book Description:

Paige Atwell appears to have a fulfilling life in the cozy community of Aberdeen Mists--a nice house, a great husband, and two young kids. But behind the facade of neighborhood coffee klatches and car pools, Paige is growing restless with her increasingly busy spouse, the early onset of her ten-year-old daughter's teenage hostility, and her young son's alarming preoccupation with bodily functions. When her friend and neighbor Karen, looking even more vibrant and gorgeous than usual, confesses to a passionate affair with a sizzling Latin lover, Paige assesses her own state of domestic ecstasy: not good. But Paige's attempts to "re-sexualize" her marriage produce comically calamitous consequences. Just when Paige begins to wonder whether an extra-marital remedy may be the key to happiness, Karen is found dead in her garage, lying in a pool of blood. The residents of Aberdeen Mists may be satisfied with the freak accident theory--that Karen fell and hit her head on a metal toolbox--but Paige knows lthe adulterous secret that could blow the closed case wide open. With sleuthing skills acquired from her favorite TV crime dramas, Paige vows to find out the truth. Her list of potential perps (that's what Law & Order calls them, right?) includes Karen's aggrieved husband, Doug, and sexy Spanish lothario Javier. As Paige's Miss Marple-esque adventure winds through her allegedly quiet enclave to the boundaries of her own fidelity, what she uncovers may prove more shocking than she ever imagined.


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Stacy T. (stacy270) wrote on 5/21/2008...


I really enjoyed this book.It kind of reminded me of an episode of Desperate Housewives.I really liked the main character who is a woman in her late 30's living in the suburbs with her husband and two kids.I could relate to her and found myself laughing out loud quite a few times!


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