Mrs. by Caitlin Macy
Mrs. by Caitlin Macy
March 2018
On Amazon the description includes the following sentence: Macy has written a modern-day HOUSE OF MIRTH, not for the age of railroads and steel but of hedge funds and overnight fortunes, of scorched-earth successes and abiding moral failures. A brilliant portrait of love, betrayal, fate and chance, MRS marries razor-sharp social critique and page-turning propulsion into an unforgettable tapestry of the way we live in the 21st Century.
I gotta tell ya, that's an insult to Edith Wharton... Set in the NY apartments, schools and similar involved-mom venues,this is "urban chick lit" (if there is such a thing). Gossipy, bitchy women? check. Competitive kid-raising? check. Power parents and privelege in spades? oh yeah. Enjoyable read? Eh.
Rating: #6 Bearable, Just Barely.
March 2018
On Amazon the description includes the following sentence: Macy has written a modern-day HOUSE OF MIRTH, not for the age of railroads and steel but of hedge funds and overnight fortunes, of scorched-earth successes and abiding moral failures. A brilliant portrait of love, betrayal, fate and chance, MRS marries razor-sharp social critique and page-turning propulsion into an unforgettable tapestry of the way we live in the 21st Century.
I gotta tell ya, that's an insult to Edith Wharton... Set in the NY apartments, schools and similar involved-mom venues,this is "urban chick lit" (if there is such a thing). Gossipy, bitchy women? check. Competitive kid-raising? check. Power parents and privelege in spades? oh yeah. Enjoyable read? Eh.
Rating: #6 Bearable, Just Barely.
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