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joyful24's review
4.0
good book! i really enjoyed the contrast between the disenchanted teacher whose identity was stolen and the disenchanted criminal who stole her life. the misconceptions we have about people are always launch pads for...
in this case a common criminal rationalising stealing a woman'e identity because she think the woman is a ivory league new york city professor who could afford to be taken advantage of. the reality is the woman is about to tumble down a slope of bad luck. she lives pay check to pay check like every other teacher in america and when her department is eliminated she finds herself unemployed. her lackluster relationship with a british computer wiz does nothing to soothe her italian immigrant parents desire for grandchildren. then she finds her credit card declined, email hacked, and the deep sense of violation sets in.
the criminal is an overweight dull make up counter girl who has an abusive slightly stupid boyfriend. inbetween his porn addiction and gambling habits he steals other people's credit. the only reason they got together was because she worked in the dmv and he needed a fake license. not exactly a match made in heaven. especially when he insults her intelligence, appearance, and uses her as a soccerball.
so the dumpy beauty school graduate creates this gradiose story about the uptown trustfund phd; which is fine until reality comes into play. i suppose she grew a heart like the grinch. as that develops the so-called victim decides to snatch back her identity. the boyfriend launches a trojan into the criminal's computer to help her catch the culprit/get concrete evidence for the uncooperative police. lo and behold karma has a similar idea. and everything converges into a really neat story that captures the true essence of both women
in this case a common criminal rationalising stealing a woman'e identity because she think the woman is a ivory league new york city professor who could afford to be taken advantage of. the reality is the woman is about to tumble down a slope of bad luck. she lives pay check to pay check like every other teacher in america and when her department is eliminated she finds herself unemployed. her lackluster relationship with a british computer wiz does nothing to soothe her italian immigrant parents desire for grandchildren. then she finds her credit card declined, email hacked, and the deep sense of violation sets in.
the criminal is an overweight dull make up counter girl who has an abusive slightly stupid boyfriend. inbetween his porn addiction and gambling habits he steals other people's credit. the only reason they got together was because she worked in the dmv and he needed a fake license. not exactly a match made in heaven. especially when he insults her intelligence, appearance, and uses her as a soccerball.
so the dumpy beauty school graduate creates this gradiose story about the uptown trustfund phd; which is fine until reality comes into play. i suppose she grew a heart like the grinch. as that develops the so-called victim decides to snatch back her identity. the boyfriend launches a trojan into the criminal's computer to help her catch the culprit/get concrete evidence for the uncooperative police. lo and behold karma has a similar idea. and everything converges into a really neat story that captures the true essence of both women
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