Thanks so much to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read this book - I thoroughly enjoyed it!
This is the story of two sisters - Cassie, living in NYC, and Sidney, in Singapore. When they meet in Ohio for a family Christmas, Sid was dismayed to see Cassie spending so much time on Facebook. She said that Cassie knew more about her "friends'" lives than she did about her own sister. So they came up with a plan to be pen pals - to actually write letters to each other for a year. No other communication - no emailing or phone calls.
Both sisters were going through issues in their marriages, dealing with parenthood, etc., and these letters became a way to share these confidences. Until a mistake lands them public.
There is so much about this fun book that I liked. Because I'm more like Sid in being old-fashioned when it comes to communicating, there was just the forgotten joy of finding a handwritten letter in the mail, of mailing a letter, of waiting for a response. Today's generation (ugh...I sound old!) doesn't get that. Plus, this book was just fun. You could sympathize with Cassie's feelings of inadequacy on the playground comparing herself to the mommy bloggers who only feed their children handmade, organic baby food.
A fun way to lose yourself - and maybe make you decide to pick up pen and pencil and write to someone!
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