Vivien is a serious news journalist who is shot in her rear while on an undercover assignment. She unexpectedly becomes a You Tube sensation, and discovers she is pregnant, quite unexpected at the age of 41. Her boyfriend, Stone, is covering stories overseas. After discovering her boss is grooming the new, younger talent to take her place, Vivien decides to seek comfort with her sister's family in Georgia, where the suburban way of life is quite different from the big city living she is used to.The cast of characters are intriguing, everyone has a story and the author does a great job of pulling the reader in I'm looking forward to reading more novels by Wendy Wax! I wanted to like this book, believe me. Anything that snarks on suburban yuppies always floats my boat. But the fact that the whole book hinged on the main character lying and keeping secrets for no good reason irritated me to no end. If your story depends on secrets and lies to move it forward, you'd better have a damn good reason for it.I get that she kept her suburban gossip column a secret from her sister since she was using her sister's world for material. Vivian is pregnant, out of work in a crummy job market and needs to provide for herself and future spawn. I get that. I even get her hiding her pregnancy from her priggish mother. Anyone with a narrow-minded, uptight family can sympathize with that.What I DON'T get is her hiding her pregnancy from her loving, longtime boyfriend, especially since its his baby and she hadn't been cheating or anything like that. I was even okay with her waiting until she was out of the first-trimester woods, but after that? Oh hell no! She said her reasons, but they weren't compelling in the least. Her constant silence when she had more than enough opportunities to tell her babydaddy that he was babydaddy made her weak and spineless as a main character. How do you not tell someone they're a father until you're in labor, especially if he's not the kind to run off because of it?I gave it two stars instead of one, because I managed to keep going until the end instead of taking Dorothy Parker's advice and throwing this book against a wall with great force.
What do You think about Magnolia Wednesdays (2010)?
Good read about family relationships career motivation and the result when they are not aligned.
—vivalasharon
I like Wendy Wax books...this was a nice story.
—nethek
