Bridget Jones meets Nora Ephron. That make me a little sad I never read Bridgett Jones or anything written or visual of Nora’s. Maybe I should. I know exactly who would LOVE this book like I did, any woman who was in a long term relationship or married. I go the biggest kick out of it. So meeting Maddy Nelson has had an effect on me. She is what I would call “a regular girl”. Her husband is a moron and she feels lower than low. Until someone suggests to her that she write a blog. Why not write a blog about the ending of a marriage and spark her writing career. She always aspired to do more than just columns and journals maybe, a best seller is next on the list.
Steven announcing that he’s leaving her for a woman half her age. And a third of her size certainly makes for some humorous one liners! Then she begins the lawyer and divorce process and that is also equally as daunting, but has a few humorous parts too. Her outlook is sort of blah and her coping mechanism is her blog and it is sometimes useless. Her Mother is just blunt and makes her feel awful too.
Going through the single stage, single parenting, internet dating, and her job is a funny and sometimes sad ride. The Blasphemy Box, is her “throw a quarter into it for being a potty mouth” box. I loved the idea and when she says she is from Europe and they swear too much I cried laughing. I know a lot of the demographic over 30 will relate to her adventures and surely this will grab the audience that I feel the book is intended for. So if you are married, divorced, or have had a friend , sister, lover got through one, READ this book. I know I thoroughly enjoyed it.
Publisher: Breedon Avenue Books
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About the Author
Mandy Behbehani grew up in England and now lives in Northern California. She is a professional journalist whose work has appeared in a variety of publications from the Los Angeles Times and San Francisco Chronicle to W magazine, Town & County magazine and Travel & Leisure magazine.
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