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Worth Lying For
GOOD LIFE
Mary Minke knows she should be grateful: a mostly happy marriage, mostly grown kids and a mostly steady paycheck. But at forty, she finds herself fantasizing about sprawling Tuscan villas and fitting into 'juniors department' fashions. Instead, another twenty years in a two-bedroom ranch, sale-rack slacks and a receptionist job at Idid-a-Rod Auto Garage seem to be...more
Mary Minke knows she should be grateful: a mostly happy marriage, mostly grown kids and a mostly steady paycheck. But at forty, she finds herself fantasizing about sprawling Tuscan villas and fitting into 'juniors department' fashions. Instead, another twenty years in a two-bedroom ranch, sale-rack slacks and a receptionist job at Idid-a-Rod Auto Garage seem to be...more
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March 27th 2012
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I was pleasantly surprised that for a chick-lit story this book had guts. Mary lives a somewhat humdrum life with the usual problems of a long-term marriage, a boring thankless job and equally thankless grown-up daughters, and she wonders where her thrift-shop life will lead. Until, that is, she finds a bag with a huge amount of money and everything changes. The story then picks up pace, quite humorously at times, and Mary, as ordinary as the next person, is depicted rather cleverly by the autho...more
Yeah, it started out pretty good for me. The main character, Mary, was in her car when she notices her dream car pull up along side her. She recognizes the owner as someone she went to school with who's a bit on the sleazy side. She happens to notice a bag full of money on his passenger seat and before she realizes what she's doing she has it in her car and she's driving off.
Like I said, started with a bang. However, just after that it starts to fizzle. The middle to end starts dragging and I'd...more
Like I said, started with a bang. However, just after that it starts to fizzle. The middle to end starts dragging and I'd...more
The best part about this book is the fun, sassy dialogue. Of course, who wouldn't want to find a bag of money and have their way with it? In my case, it probably will never happen, so this novel provided the perfect vicarious living. Made me want to try on some ridiculously expensive shoes. In NYC, I could probably make that happen.
I appreciated the way Mary, the protagonist, dealt with the consequences of her actions. Raised some interesting questions that left me thinking.
I appreciated the way Mary, the protagonist, dealt with the consequences of her actions. Raised some interesting questions that left me thinking.
This was a different sort of story, funny, though not laugh out loud funny. A story of suddenly coming into a sum of money, though not honestly, having to hide it from others and ultimately the age old question confirmed, money doesn't buy happiness!
It was an entertaining read on the plane...not great, but entertaining. A nice free borrow from the kindle lending library.
Cute! I really thought I knew where it was going several times, but was always fooled. I like that.
Chick lit ... this was a free ebook from Amazon. it was enjoyable, funny with some good one liners. Very easy to read.
Humorous story about a cops wife finding a ruffle bag full of drug money and shennanigans of her trying to hide the money a trying to give it to charity. I got some laughs. A quick read.
Fun book
Who would ever look at a middle aged wife and mother of two, and consider her a thief of epic proportions?! As we read the adventures Mary experiences after coming across...and stealing, a large sum of money, readers learn lots about family loyalties, parenting blues, and the willingness of a wife to put it all on the line for her husband. This was definitely an enjoyable read, and I would love to see more from this author.
Fun read and good writing. Probably would appeal more to someone older than me in my twenties.
This book was such a fun read! The characters are hilarious, and very easy to relate to. I appreciate that in a book. Although I got the book for free, I would definitely recommend paying for it. It's well worth it, promise.
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