joannaellis 's review for:

The Jetsetters by Amanda Eyre Ward

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I tried to decide what I would say to describe this book and the only words I could muster was “silly and indulgent”. It was good as a beachy read, with absurd stories interwoven with themes of depression, infidelity and alcoholism. It was an entertaining tale, but almost too over the top (I discovered as I tried to describe what it was about when my husband asked what I was reading and he looked at me like - huh?)....It was confusing because at the heart of the book it was about a mother reflecting on her life as a mother after her children have grown up and left her....do they still need their mother?