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I Was Told It Would Get Easier
by Abbi Waxman
The newest from Waxman is delightful. Told via two point of views the book at times is heartbreaking and also funny. I thought Waxman hit a real sweet spot with this book. I am sure mothers and daughters everwhere will definitely sympathize for both sides while reading.
"I Was Told it Would Get Easier" follows single mother and lawyer Jessica Burnstein. Jessica is dealing with a jerk of a boss and doing what she can to get one of her mentees and another woman at her firm promoted to partner. Dealing with that roadblock as she is about to depart to take her daughter Emily on a tour of colleges on the East Coast definitely is not what she would have preferred. Jessica hopes that this tour will allow her and Emily to get back to the closeness they once shared. Or at least for Jessica to not want to strangle her daughter every other minute. Emily is going through some things. She sees her mother as successful and she is proud of her, but she doesn't want her to know that. Also her mother drives her up the wall. Going on a college tour is not what Emily really wants to do. There is also something going on back at her school that has her worried, a cute boy on the tour though starts to turn her mind to other things.
This was really great. I loved Jessica and Emily. You can see both sides while reading this one. The book is broken up by their tours. They go from D.C to New York and along the way get to meet new people and also try to hide from a mother and daughter duo they know from back in Los Angeles. What I really loved is you get to see a bunch of parents dealing with letting go of their kids and also at times wanting to throttle them. There's love and aggravation galore going on. There's a hilarious scene between Jessica and two other parents that had me howling. Jessica also meets up with a former boyfriend and woo boy that whole thing was beyond hilarious. I also loved that Emily realizes that college and all that entails is not exactly what she wants. We do eventually find out what Emily wants to do, and I have to say it was a pleasant surprise.
The writing was great and the flow works throughout.
The book moves settings several times while reading and you keep meeting different characters you wanted to know more about.
I loved the ending of the book.
"I Was Told it Would Get Easier" follows single mother and lawyer Jessica Burnstein. Jessica is dealing with a jerk of a boss and doing what she can to get one of her mentees and another woman at her firm promoted to partner. Dealing with that roadblock as she is about to depart to take her daughter Emily on a tour of colleges on the East Coast definitely is not what she would have preferred. Jessica hopes that this tour will allow her and Emily to get back to the closeness they once shared. Or at least for Jessica to not want to strangle her daughter every other minute. Emily is going through some things. She sees her mother as successful and she is proud of her, but she doesn't want her to know that. Also her mother drives her up the wall. Going on a college tour is not what Emily really wants to do. There is also something going on back at her school that has her worried, a cute boy on the tour though starts to turn her mind to other things.
This was really great. I loved Jessica and Emily. You can see both sides while reading this one. The book is broken up by their tours. They go from D.C to New York and along the way get to meet new people and also try to hide from a mother and daughter duo they know from back in Los Angeles. What I really loved is you get to see a bunch of parents dealing with letting go of their kids and also at times wanting to throttle them. There's love and aggravation galore going on. There's a hilarious scene between Jessica and two other parents that had me howling. Jessica also meets up with a former boyfriend and woo boy that whole thing was beyond hilarious. I also loved that Emily realizes that college and all that entails is not exactly what she wants. We do eventually find out what Emily wants to do, and I have to say it was a pleasant surprise.
The writing was great and the flow works throughout.
The book moves settings several times while reading and you keep meeting different characters you wanted to know more about.
I loved the ending of the book.