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The Way Life Should Be by Christina Baker Kline

3.0

This wasn't anything special. I picked it up because I just read Baker-Kline's The Orphan Train and was impressed. So I thought I'd give her another try. Stick to The Orphan Train. This book was paltry "chick lit" with no real literary merit. It had potential but the author needed a skilled editor, someone to tell her she needed to develop her character before the book was 80% complete. The underlying message of this book -- to live life fully -- is powerful. But the book was not.