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Summary: A fun and light read
Review: This is not Goldsmith's best book ~~ but it's really fun and cute. It's a light read ~~ something that is humourous and quick ~~ perfect reading for when you don't want to think or concentrate on heavy reading.Three siblings, Bruce, Sig, and Sharon are horrorified that their mother, Phyllis is moving back to New York from Florida. They didn't want their mom back in their lives ~~ meddling and interfering. Each one of them are facing personal and professional woes in their lives ~~ Sharon is trapped in an unhappy marriage with an unemployed husband and two children. Bruce cannot get his gay greeting card business off the ground. Sig is losing clients in her stockbroking business and is contemplating selling her house and prized emerald ring. Then Phyllis decides to move back and that is when chaos hit. Desperate to get their mom off their hands, the siblings decided to marry mom off to a rich old geezer. And there were surprises and revelations for each of them throughout the hilarious and funny novel. It's really cute and Olivia did a great job portraying senior citizens who still have sexual desires and act on them. It's a cute book and while not the greatest, I wouldn't recommend this one to the trash heap either. 1-12-04
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Summary: Hated for it to end!
Review: This was absolutely great!! I started reading it and was hooked before I knew it. Didn't put this book down 'til I read the last word in it (yes I read it all at once) and was realy upset because it ended so fast! This is the kind you hate to put down but hate for it to end! This is the book that takes you away from "real life" for a while (and, I think, a lot of you out there agree with me -- we need this kind of break sometimes).
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Summary: Wonderful, light read! Perfect for Summer.
Review: Throughout this lightwieght surprising book, I found myself saying "Oh my God! What would I do?" It didn't matter if it was from the desparate children's perspective or from putting myself in the mother's shoes. After all, she only wants to "fix their lives." With that diabolical premise, the possibilities are endless.
The characters are neurotically fleshed out, and the relationships are wonderfully drawn. Mrs. Katz is priceless. Months later, I still find her and her big purse popping into my thoughts. I wish them all the best of luck.
I was still laughing as I handed the book to my mother who passed it to her sister. As with the movie "Home for the Holidays," amidst the laughs, I appreciated my family even more.
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