Carpool

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Summary: THIS BOOK SHOULD NOT BE BROUGHT IN FOR A LANDING!
Review: Okay, folks, here is the story. Suburban soccer mom Jenny Meade spends a lot of time carpooling her 4-year-old Linnea and her Matthew, 10-year-old Patsy and her big mouthed friend Crista and 14-year-old Philip from school to swim meets to home. Jenny is a semi-retired pilot anxious to get back into the wild blue yonder. Berlie, Jenny's husband has some neo-Neanderthal ideas of what he expects of his wife -- he wants her to get a ghastly station wagon instead of keeping the spiffy 1979 Honda Accord (to her credit, Jenny keeps the Honda) and tries to ground her airplane aspirations. To her credit, Jenny gets back into the cockpit at the end of the story.

To throw some adult themes into the mix, we have a suicide (actually it is a murder, but Jenny won't rest until she finds the killer), and her kids' doctor is an adulterer about town. It ain't great folks, but it'll entertain you when the computer is down and you finished all your other pleasure reading.

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Summary: Humor Is Very Original
Review: This is the author's first novel and the book has many strengths ,although too much space is given to peripheral issues such as the protagonist's sagging marriage and her desire to return to flying. The humor is very original, however, and that is enough to make it an enjoyable reading experience.

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Summary: Carpooling suburban housewife helps solve murder!
Review: While the actual story is not quite as amusing as the premise, the story is engaging. Jenny Meade and her carpooling friends drive from school to school, from activity to activity, and one day Jenny finds a hanged man in the local cemetery. This leads to a friendship with the local