Eliza, an upper-class girl, falls in
love with and marries Matt, a working-class boy. Both have careers
that take off; hers in the magazine world, his in real estate
development. Along the way they have a child, Emmie, and predictably
grow apart.
I found this book much too long. The
first two sections, Love and Marriage, are primarily backstory. The
final third of the book, Divorce, is where the action takes place.
The acrimonious divorce and custody battle are quite well done. I
think the book would have been much improved if the first two
sections had been removed and the information used sparingly in the
third section as backstory.
On the positive side the book deals
with issues of class differences and the problems of being a mother
and having a career. However, they're not unique enough to save the
book. The characters are uninteresting and the story drags.
If you love soap operas, this may be
the book for you. If not, give it a miss.
I reviewed this book for the Amazon
Vine Program: More Than You Know by Penny Vincenzi.
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