Before you judge, I read this book for my book club. We were looking for something light and humorous to read during the Christmas holidays since we would be discussing it in early January. Yuck! I didn't really like this book at all. Most of Nora's observational essays were things that other writers have already observed in a much more humorous way. I was bored through most of this book.
Nora writes about cooking, aging, parenting, self-maintenance, purses, etc. Ha ha. Not really. Not a single Ha in the whole book, as far as I'm concerned. Could be that I'm not old enough to really understand the humor in what she writes, but I doubt it. I'll probably find out when we have our discussion meeting.
If you do happen to find yourself in the presence of this book and a few minutes, I would recommend reading the last chapter. In my opinion, the last essay is actually very heart-felt and touching. Maybe it's because Nora didn't feel like trying to be funny about the topic of death...but she lost her neurotic Woody-Allen like tone and actually had some novel things to say.
Hopefully my next book will be better!!
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