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Jan 08, 2012jbeckber rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Since reading "We Need to Talk About Kevin" (albeit only weeks ago), I've wanted to read something more from Shriver. What luck when my library order came in so quickly! From the cover this looks like a light chick-lit novel but it is anything but light; it gave me a lot of solid topics to contemplate for days afterwards. I.e. I was unable to pick up another book for days because I wanted to savour the discussion I was having with myself. It is however a definite chick-lit specimen. She is able to write about the true thoughts of married women for married women. I would liken Shriver to a female version of John Irving in fact. Plus she uses $50 words. The story takes both paths from a critical decision of whether or not to cheat (hence my multiple worlds musings). In essence pp379-380 reads: "The idea is that you don't have only one destiny... But whichever direction you go, there are going to be upsides and downsides. You're dealing with a set of trade-offs, and not one perfect course in comparison to which all the others are crap."