Magnolia Wednesdays
by Wendy Wax
Jove, 2011
448 pages
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
About the Book
At forty-one, Vivian Armstrong Gray’s life as an investigative journalist is crumbling. Humiliated after taking a bullet in her backside during an exposé, Vivi learns that she’s pregnant, jobless, and very hormonal. This explains why she says ‘yes’ to a dreadful job covering suburban living back home in Georgia, a column she must write incognito.
Down South, it’s her sister’s ballroom dance studio that becomes her undercover spot where she learns about the local life-and where unexpected friendships develop. As she digs up her long buried roots, she starts to wonder if life inside the picket fence is really so bad after all.
My Thoughts
This was a nice, light read. Although most of the characters are barely holding on to believability, they were close enough to make me like them and want them to be happy. The story follows a predictable pattern, yet does an admirable job of providing different viewpoints on the way of life in modern suburbia.
Note: This is Book #80 of my 2011 Reads (master list here).
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