Author: Mary McCarthy

When I downloaded this book for my Kindle I was thinking of another author that I’ve read and enjoyed – Mary McGarry Morris. You can see how I might have made that mistake right?

Well this book is not by the same author and I didn’t enjoy it. The story more or less follows the lives of a group of friends in a small town in New England (although the stodginess of the characters puts me more in mind of a small town in England). Things get complicated when an ex-wife and ex-husband reunite for a one-night-stand and then some of the characters have to deal with the consequences. The ending was sudden and surprising – if the ending I imagined was the ending the author was aiming for.

Any book that makes me look up the definition of three words before I’m even done the first chapter is not for me.

Goodreads Rating: * *