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Summary: GREAT FUN AND GIRL POWER
Review: I had so much fun reading this book about five friends who stay loyal to each other, don't try to "fix" each other, and use their initiative to bring justice to a cheating husband. It was just what I'm looking for to counteract the depressing realities of life. I recommend it to all women who could use a laugh and a lift.
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Summary: A fabulous audio drive book!!!
Review: I love to read while I drive.... and this book kept me happily stuck on the Interstate for hours. How could anyone know I has having the time of my life as I listened to the ups and downs of the Red Hat Club. ... while they were stuck in traffic!!! This book made me want to rush out and buy a red hat of my own!
I found this book quite by accident and having grown up in the Northwest I had no idea what a delight I was in for. I have since recommended this book to all of my friends and have moved on to "The Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch". Only the heat keeps me from relocating to the south! Hugs!
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Summary: Hats off to Haywood Smith...
Review: I loved this book. I could have done without the four letter words at times and sexual moments, but I loved being a peeker into these ladies friendships and heartaches. I loved how they were all there for each other. I am jealous to not have those kinds of friends. I can't wait to read Queen Bee of Mimosa Branch and look forward to reading more from Haywood Smith!
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Summary: fun summer read
Review: I read this book after I finished a more serious piece of literature and found it to be fun, and humerous. It's an easy and fast read if you are looking for a good summer book. The characters and plot are not necessarily realistic but who wants realistic!? I enjoyed the book and think most women would get a kick out of it too.
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Summary: A poor substitute for the Sweet Potato Queens
Review: I was very disappointed in what I thought would be a "Sweet Potato Queen" type book. This was a distant wannabe. The writing seemed forced and thus the humor and overall flow were just missing. I agree with the other reviewers re the flat, cardboard cutout characters. Maybe this holds more appeal to someone from Atlanta who can relive their own experiences through it but for a California girl this book totally missed the mark.
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Summary: The Red Hat Club
Review: I wasn't sure what to expect when I picked up this book. If I ever catch my husband cheating on me, I want these ladies by my side. I was drawn in from the first page. It was fun to read these ladies in action. I can't wait to continue the story.
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Summary: What a Hoot!
Review: I've lived in the Atlanta area for sixteen years and I thought I might be bored by the familiar in Red Hat Club. References to locations and landmarks, like Piedmont Ave, The Varsity and AJC. I questioned the use of the Jenny Jones Red Hat reference as been there done that. I sort of even resisted, trying to be aloof and objective, certainly not wanting to be swayed by all the things I had in common with the protag, Georgia; same age, similar life questions and experiences. I wanted to be cool and sophisticated and not invest anything in the other characters, Teeny, Linda, Diane and SuSu either because I prefer to believe that modern Southern women are not stereotypical airheads.My ploy didn't work. I was putty in Haywood's hands by the end of chapter two. From then on, I just relaxed and enjoyed it and before it was over I found I was not only invested in the women of the Red Hat Club, I felt as though I could have fit right into their tight circle and would if they'd invite me. I read for many reasons, pleasure, stimulation, information. But sometimes it's good to curl up on a rainy (North Georgia) Sunday and read an easy, lighthearted tale that tugs at your own memories of misspent youth and lost dreams. Sometimes that's all I need. But if I can turn the last page feeling I know the characters and wishing to read more about them, the author has done her job and what more can you ask of a work of fiction? I was and she did.
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Summary: Gabberflasted.
Review: The characters in this book seem more like children than grown women. they govern their friendships with child like rules and have cutsy little names like Su Su. and Brad just an awlful book. Heywood uses baby terms like gabberflasted. I was just bored with the whole predictable story line.
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Summary: The power of women's friendship!!!
Review: THE RED HAT CLUB is an amazing book that takes you through the lives of five women (who met in high school) and how they stick together through marriage troubles, kids, abusive husbands, cheating men, going-nowhere jobs, and middle age. They belong to a group called THE RED HAT CLUB where they where purple suits and red hats and meet for lunch once a month (this club is a real thing across America). I love the way the women band together to bring justice to a cheating husband, and how another has to face the one man she still fantasizes about (not her husband!) after all these years. It's just such a treat to read a book about the bonds of female friendship. Get this book and get one for your best friend, too!
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Summary: This is NOT your RED HAT SOCIETY!
Review: This book really has little to do with the Red Hat Society, fortunately. My group of Red Hatters is quite a bit more mature than this group of 50-somethings stuck in their teen years. There is a lot of mediocre revenge from shallow, stuck up "socialites." The word(s) Y'ALL is used ad nauseum, sometimes more than once in the same sentence.
...a waste of time as far as I was concerned...
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