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Beside Herself

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Thank you to NetGalley and Lake Union Publishing for an ARC of this title in exchange for my honest review. I'm not sure Lake Union could steer me wrong, and this, for me, was another winner. This generation is sandwiched between work, kids, husbands and aging parents. When this woman finds out her husband had an affair and she had NO idea, she just cannot get past it. Her thought was that if she did it also, they could get back to normal. This book took what could have turned into a mess and handled it with grace, and with understanding of marriage being a verb. It's always changing, and the trick is to learn how to change with it. This book also had some sub plots that I adored, including a child with anxiety, a father in law in a senior home and a friend going through a divorce. Highly recommend this one.

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This book did not work for me. The book started too quickly, we did not get to know much about our two main characters before - bam! First three pages we discover Joel cheated on Hannah. After finishing the book I still cannot describe much about Hannah other than the scene of her getting her haircut into 'long layers' and that she had lost some weight from the stress of everything. Other than Lincoln, what do I remember about her daughter Ridley? Not much. The development of character and decent plot was lacking. Sorry to say I do not recommend this book, but thank you for the opportunity to read a new author.

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