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Summary: Break out the Matzo!
Review: This was a delightful book! It was nice to see a book that had another culture in it, too. A bit slow in the beginning, the story is well worth the wait.
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Summary: SO SO SO GOOD!
Review: This was such a fantastic, refreshing surprise! This book is hilarious, and proves that people with millions are just as messed up as the rest of us. Shapiro creates a great character in Heather, who is a nice reprieve from a body-obsessed idiot, and demands the respect that she reserves from the guys she dates in the book. The supporting characters are funny and offbeat, and this is a nice break for typical chick-lit. It's also MUCH more smartly written. And it writes about Judiasm in auch an interesting and modern way, it'll make you wish you were Jewish if you're not already! You will love this book if you like chick lit but prefer the wittier writers in the genre, like Sophie Kinsella and Sarah Mlynowski. Go read it immediately!!
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Summary: what a joy!
Review: Who wouldn't adore this smart and hilarious book? The story packs some real emotional punch, and I loved the inclusive way Shapiro worked Jewish culture into the plot. This is a bridge book. Not everyone who reads RDI book is Jewish so the author created a funny, complex narrator who is questioning finer points of Judaism to help us along. Comparing Matzo Ball to Carrie Pilby makes sense, in a good way. These two books rock, unlike the soulless fare that too often passes for Chick Lit. These two authors (Caren Lissner and Laurie Gwen Shapiro) are breaking new ground, taking a staid genre and giving it a refreshing blast of dynamite.
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