Helen Fairchild finds her life turned upside-down after her husband announces that he is leaving her for another woman and then dies the next day in a freak accident during Pasadena's famed Rose Parade. To make matters worse, Helen discovers that they were on the verge of bankruptcy and she's for...
I loved this book. Great chick flick fun, which I hadn't read for a while. About a Pasadena widow who finds out her husband was cheating on her and lost all their money so she has to get a job and re set up her life. Liked that is took place in Pasadena so I recognized the places and schools and ...
Even though--much like the human-pet bonding thing--I don't get Shakespeare, I enjoyed Elizabeth the First Wife. Let me amend--I'm not a fan of old English or period garb. Shakespeare in today's language and clothes, A-okay! Fortunately, this funny read skated around my deal-breakers. The tale is...
The genre I call boychik lit is centered on men. Chick lit – like Sex and the City – is relationship games for women. Sometimes I read chick lit to see what our better halves are thinking. Elizabeth the First Wife is about Elizabeth Lancaster, a Shakespeare scholar from Pasadena, who is recently ...