Review: All We Ever Wanted Was Everything
Title: All We Ever Wanted Was EverythingAuthor: Janelle Brown
Category: Fiction
Rating: 3.5/5
Summary: Mom Janice, 20-something daughter Margaret, and 14-year-old daughter Lizzie come together as each of them deals with her own personal crisis—a divorce, crushing debt, the consequences of trying to earn popularity.
Review: I read this book on the recommendation of an employee at BookPeople, my favorite Austin bookstore. And if you think the cover looks yummy, just wait til you get a taste of what's inside!
The book alternates point of view among the three main characters, and I found myself most looking forward to the 20-something daughter's sections. I'm no longer 20-something (sigh) but I identified with her character most of all. She grew up in Quintessential Suburbia (Plano, anyone?) but developed into a feminist, liberal woman with aspirations of success in the publishing world. Hmm.
Even though I was drawn to that one character, I loved all the main characters and could see myself in each of them.
This is one of those books that made me into Bad Mommy because I couldn't resist the temptation to sneak a passage here and there while "playing" with Abby. (It's good for her to see me reading books, right?)
Labels: adult fiction, book reviews
posted by Kelly @ 1:09 AM
2 Comments:
That cover does look yummy! And I love that the melting ice cream is, I'm sure, indicative of the family's strained relationships. Cover art is always important to me -- I just can't help it!
I enjoyed your review of this one -- different from others I've read.
Glad you liked the review! I've always thought it would be fun to go for a while picking books just by their covers and see what happens. ;-)
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