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I am the exact target audience for this book. I’m 54 yr old menopausal woman with two grown children who spends lots of time in Sandwich Ma! But this book just did not do it for me. I was annoyed at the places in Sandwich were completely fictional (not that real names of places needed to be used but it’s what makes it fun for locals to read and they did not describe places that actually exist)and a HUGE pet peeve is the audio narrator (who did do a fantastic job otherwise) pronounced Barnstable wrong (it’s more like ‘barn stibel’ not barn STABLE, like horse barn) and if I were the author I would demand that be fixed!
But besides those personal pet peeves, I just found the relationships with her children a little TOO open and there were also comments made that were really over the top, like for shock value, and I am far from a pearl clutcher, but a lot of these seemed really unnecessarily crude.
As for Rocky, the main character, I will say she made me thankful my menopause experience isn’t as bad as hers. She is one angry angry woman on the verge of exploding at any and all times. I almost want to have my husband read it so he knows how lucky he is lol This woman’s husband is a friggen saint. To go with the flow as much as he does.
And although I, as well as many moms, get sentimental about their kids and missing the younger days, she really goes over the top almost to point where it’s creepy.
I did enjoy the ending and it put a lump in my throat but overall, it just didn’t hit the mark for me as a fun beach read.
But besides those personal pet peeves, I just found the relationships with her children a little TOO open and there were also comments made that were really over the top, like for shock value, and I am far from a pearl clutcher, but a lot of these seemed really unnecessarily crude.
As for Rocky, the main character, I will say she made me thankful my menopause experience isn’t as bad as hers. She is one angry angry woman on the verge of exploding at any and all times. I almost want to have my husband read it so he knows how lucky he is lol This woman’s husband is a friggen saint. To go with the flow as much as he does.
And although I, as well as many moms, get sentimental about their kids and missing the younger days, she really goes over the top almost to point where it’s creepy.
I did enjoy the ending and it put a lump in my throat but overall, it just didn’t hit the mark for me as a fun beach read.
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Dori wrote: "Falmouth resident here, I was shocked by the Barnstable pronunciation and wondered if the author was aware it was read this way!"
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Suzanne wrote: "This review is hilarious and spot on about most of the issues you brought up. But I disagree. I think the narrator with a weird name is happy. At least as happy as anyone else. This author will grow."
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I am almost 60 so basically through most of the menopause stuff and while I didn’t have children, I did live through several years of having parents that required assistance and a period of dealing with my mother’s dementia while I worked full time in a busy job. I have to say that I thought the menopause stuff was just a little bit over the top. I have yet to meet a woman who has had these extreme symptoms; was there a time when she wasn’t crying? I agree with you that her husband was a saint. I also thought that the mother needed Stronger boundaries, especially with her daughter. There is sharing information that is helpful to another person, and then there is over sharing. To be honest, I was quite disappointed in this book. I was expecting a more literary read, and this wasn’t it.