Book Reviews of Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

A wonderfully charming, endearing, and funny story about five women living on Freesia Court. Their lives cross one night in winter in 1968. They form a friendship that continues to grow with their regular book club meetings.

This is a well written story and alot of fun to read.

Loved it. She is one of my favorite authors and this book is one of her best. It's like Desperate Housewives and Roseanne all rolled in one...

I loved this story! I felt like I was part of this woman's group and I could not put it down! GREAT READ

I found this to be a very quick read. Lot's of laughs and sorrows, the drama unfolds fast and you'll find yourself asking "Can all this happen to one bunch of ladies?" it's got it all.

This book was great. I really loved it. I would love to form a book club just like these ladies did.

an enjoyable read about a group of friends, who have formed a book club, whose friendship endures for 30+ years. i liked how each chapter was written from the point of view of a different "angry housewife". and i liked how the bookclub book of the month tied into the plot of each chapter, even though the books themselves were barely mentioned in the novel.

Very funny and moving book. Fast read.

I really liked this book. These women had a very strong friendship and I loved their book club! :)

One of the best books I've read in a long time.

loved this book, great story

Great group of women

Fun read. 5 housewives form a book club and personal club that takes them from the 1960s to the 1990s and on many personal adventures.

I read this book as part of an online book club deal and I really enjoyed it. It was probably not something I would normally pick but I'm glad I read it. If you enjoy stories about close friendships between women and the happy and sad times you will really enjoy this book.

Very funny read! I loved this book.

I loved loved LOVED this book. It should be a movie, but the book will always be the best.

This book is a ton of fun with lots of interesting people. It is also set in my home state of Minnesota with lots of land marks you can identify with.

Laughter is the glue that holds that women of Freesia Court together, a story of bold beginnings and second chances. A thoroughly good read.

Couldnt get into this book.

A story of long-lived friendship. Reminded me of Rebecca Wells Ya-Yas but with more developed characters and a story line that stretches over 4 decades.

A fun read, definitely a great "summer beach read". You just want this book to go on and on, and feel like you know each of the characters like a best friend by the end!

Our book club selected this book. I enjoyed reading the book and the discussion was enlightening.

Fantastic book on friends and friendship, I loved it.

Easy read.

National bestseller

Really enjoyed this book, great group of women and it was fun to see the characters progress through their years. Enjoyed seeing them face challenges and grow in their relationships.

I wish I could find a bookclub like this.

This is a fun, mostly light read. I enjoyed being with these women and their book group. I even put some of their books on my "to read" list. Many of the books I had read many years ago. It was interesting to move through 30 years of the book club, pop culture and history that I, too, had lived.

A fun read...after wading through a few deeper books. Loved it reminded me of my friends of 50 yrs. although we never had a book club we did get tatoos in our 70's. Recommend it for sure

A fun look back at the 60's, 70's, and 80's.

A very good story

Loved it!!! A poignant and hilarious tale of five friends in a book club.

Hilarious; I felt like I, too, was a part of this elite book group. I read this over one weekend. Great!

This is a great book! I couldn't put it down!!

A great story that follows 5 friends through many years of trials, tribulations, heartache and hope. A woman can be so lucky to have that many friends who are close by to help her cope with daily life.

very sweet, very good novel of a book club through the years. I quite enjoyed it.

This is a book about friendships. "A lively story as d electable as a five-pound box of chocolates." "It is impossible not to get caught up in the lives of the book group members. Landvik's gift lies in bringing these familiar womento life with insight and humor." This book is a great read. I thoroughly enjoyed this book.

I am a fan of Landvik's books and this one is no exception. This book was interesting to read as you get to know all the characters in the book and thier lives. Landvik always does a great job of bringing her characters to life in her books and I think this has to be one of my favorites.

Carefree book---great for book clubs! Loved how it followed through group through generations....

This was a great read- I really enjoyed the characters; cared about their stories. Laughs and poignant stories. Plus, they were a book club!

I had a hard time really getting into this one.

LOVED this. Much better than anything in the Ya Ya series. I want these women as my friends. Heck I want the snowball fights and the nieghborhood.

I loved this book. It was so interesting and added so many books to my book list. The author wrote so much and covered so many interesting plotlines! I'm definitely keeping it on my own personal shelf!

A great summer read!

Great book list for book clubs. A history, if you will, of the bonds formed by neighbors via a book club. Keep a tissue handy! You will laugh out loud and cry again in two minutes!

A wonderful, touching tale of five women who stay together through the thick and thin of life. A great read!

Really good book!

Cute! Not as 'fluffy' as I thought it would be, so that was good.

Absolutely delightful book. A joy to read!

the best book i have read for its genre. absolutly hilarious mixed with reality that all women would be able to identify with. Excellant variation in the format.

Didn't get to this one, had to pick which ones I reallly wanted to read and post the rest.

"A lively story as delectable as a five-pound box of chocolates..." Anne d. LeClaire Laughter is the glue that holds the women of Freesia Court together - and the foundation of a book group called AHEB(Angry Housewives eating BonBons). Holding on through 40 eventful years, Faith, Audrey,Merit,Kari, and Slip will take the plunge into the chaos that inevitably comes to those with the temerity to be alive and kicking.

Absolutely wonderful book. One of the best I've read.

If you liked Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood and Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants, then you will like this one as well. Though the book seemed a little drawn out to me, you do get relatively close to the characters - some more than others. Pretty good overall

A celebration of women's friendships over a lifetime; I found myself envying this fictional bookclub. I was pleasantly surprised at some of the weightier parts of the book, as the title sounded more 'fluffy and light'. I'd liken it to a non-Southern "Ya-ya's".

The author does a wonderful job of bringing you right into the neighborhood with these five "angry housewives". I loved it from cover to cover!

"Laughter is the glue that houlds the women of Freesia Court together - and it is the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (angry housewives eating bon bons). Holding on through forty eventful years, Faith, Audrey, Merit, Kari, and Slip will take the plunge into the chaos that inevitably comes to those with the temerity to be alive and kicking. This stalwart group of friends typifies a special slice of American life, of stay-at-home days and new careers, of children and grandchildren, of bold beginnings and second chances, in which the power of forgiveness, understanding, and the perfectly times giggle fit is the CPR that mends broken hearts and shattered dreams.

very good read about relationships over a lifetime.

amazing, moving book. great read.

"Laughter is the glue that holds the women of Freesia Court together -- and it is the foundation of [their] book group," says the book cover, but they have so much more holding them together--shared problems, secrets, dreams = true friendship.

Great book. I just adored this story and the style it was written in.

And it gave me and list of books I want to read too!

Excellent story, made me want to knock on my neighbors door and see if they want to start a book club!

loved it!!!!!!!

Great! Loved every minute of it!

Great book! I loved it!

This is a delightful book and you get caught up in their lives, their neighborhood and their children. Loved it.

Seems to be a very popular book!!

The title says it all.

I found myself caught up in this book. Excellent

This is a great story of female friendships throughout a lifetime. I have read it many times.

One of the best books I have read lately. We did this in our teachers book club. After reading this, I went back and read other books by Lorna Landvik but I don't think any others equal this one.

A neat little read. Nothing spectacular about the book or story but once you start reading you kind of wonder what happens to them all throughout the years. Makes you wish you had friends like this.

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