Don’t you just hate it when the joke’s on you?  From the first line of this novel; “WELL-BRED GIRLS FROM good southern families are not supposed to get shot”, we hear the slightly acrid voice of a southern woman who becomes the joke of her own professional, and personal lives.  Is she evil? - no I don’t think so.  Is she arrogant and needs to be taken down a peg or two? - perhaps.  Is she witty, loveable, funny and flawed? - absolutely.   Vivien Armstrong Gray has a lot to learn about herself, her family, her friends and what is important in life.  Without giving too much away, let me leave you with this description of our protagonist.  She is Southern by birth, lives in New York by choice.  As an investigative journalist she seeks out the truth of a story and yet doesn’t tell her boyfriend that she is pregnant.  She is viciously competitive in her field, but at 40 doesn’t see the new girl on the block vying for her job.  And that is just the beginning of the conflicts in this novel.  Throw in car pools, belly-dancing, a mysterious death, teenage angst, and hormones and you have a novel that is both fun to read and share with others.   

Sina H.

Magnolia Wednesdays (Paperback)

By Wendy Wax

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ISBN-13: 9780425232354
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Published: Berkley Trade, 3/2010

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