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Around the Bend
by
Shirley Jump (Goodreads Author)
Thelma and Louise they're not.First of all, Hilary and Rosemary Delaney are not friends--worse, they're mother and daughter. Hilary's a wayward thirty-something running from a marriage proposal, and Rosemary's her disapproving mother, a retired lawyer who can't drive and won't fly.
So they're driving together across country.
In a cherry-red Mustang.
With a potbellied pig name...more
So they're driving together across country.
In a cherry-red Mustang.
With a potbellied pig name...more
Paperback, 457 pages
Published
February 16th 2010
by Harlequin
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Around the Bend: Hilary and her mother Rosemary don't get along at all, but when Rosemary needs to get across the country to California, the two embark on a cross country road trip with Rosemary's pet pit Reginald and a life size cutout of Hilary's father who died a few years earlier.
This book was hilarious! I laughed the whole way through and I enjoyed the author's ability to keep serious subjects light. I thought the whole thing was delightfully quirky and what was great about this Harlequin...more
This book was hilarious! I laughed the whole way through and I enjoyed the author's ability to keep serious subjects light. I thought the whole thing was delightfully quirky and what was great about this Harlequin...more
Considering the cover..it wasn't as bad as I thought! Hilary and her Mother embark on a cross country trip to California. They've never gotten had a good relationship and spend a lot of time bickering. Along the journey there are a lot of ups and downs but eventually both women let down their barriers and really try and understand each other. There were A LOT of cliches in this book, this is a story that I've heard before. But overall it was an enjoyable, quick read.
Shirley Jump's Around the Bend is a wonderful mother-daughter story of self-discovery and the meaning of love. The humor is great fun with wacky characters and a pot-bellied pig. But, it was the romance that kept me up late turning pages to see if Hilary and Nick would overcome the obstacles standing between them and their happy ending. Jump balances heartache with heartwarming in a story of hope and healing.
A little too sappy for my taste. I was expecting something lighter. There were some humorous elements, but nothing that made me really laugh.
These were two fun stories that both brought tears to my eyes.
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Shirley Jump didn't have the willpower to diet nor the talent to master under-eye concealer, so she bowed out of a career in television and opted instead for a career where she could be paid to eat at her desk—writing.
She started out in journalism, selling her first article at the age of eleven and dreaming of being the next Jane Pauley. She hosted two of her own shows on the local cable channel a...more
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She started out in journalism, selling her first article at the age of eleven and dreaming of being the next Jane Pauley. She hosted two of her own shows on the local cable channel a...more
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