Many thanks to NetGalley and Atria Books for gifting me a digital ARC of the latest book by Jennifer Weiner - 4.5 stars rounded up for a book that is much more than a beach read.
Daisy is married to Hal, a wealthy lawyer, and mother to teenage non-conformist, Beatrice, and they are living in a suburb of Philadelphia. Although Daisy has a business teaching people how to cook, she has begun to feel dissatisfied with her life and the way she is being treated by her husband as someone there just to keep things going in the household. She begins receiving emails addressed to another Diana S (her real name) - this Diana seems to have a much more fulfilling and exciting life. The two decide to meet and become friends. However, her new friend might not be telling her the whole truth.
I loved this book - besides the wonderful setting of Cape Cod, these are real characters with real, deep, painful emotions. Told in the voices of both Diana and Daisy, along with Beatrice, this is a story of coming to grips with the past and how it changes how we see ourselves, as well as how others see us. This is a #MeToo story but really makes you think about how we've let boys be boys and how our daughters may absorb all that. This is Jennifer Weiner at her best - giving us a story that transports us to summer but makes us really think about some tough issues.
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