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State of Disgrace
by
Linda Ann Rentschler (Goodreads Author)
When Mary Beth Everitt suffers a setback in her love life, she accepts a job at a men s magazine, disregarding her conservative life's plan to teach at Saint Bernadette's. Things go from bad to worse when her boyfriend disappears, she is stood-up by the man of her dreams, and she finds herself attracted to Joseph--her boyfriend's conservative brother.
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(first published March 7th 2010)
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“State of Disgrace” is about Mary Beth Everitt, a young woman who had a strict upbringing, went to catholic school, kept her virginity when girls around her got pregnant, and, well, you get the picture. Now in her 20’s, adolescence is catching up with her, and she’s unwilling to keep a job for more than a few months, she falls for the wrong men, and she follows her impulses, even when they tell her to impersonate a dead nun to rescue a shoplifting hooker from jail.
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Right from page one, Mary Beth’s voice shines through in Rentschler’s expert writing. We know who we’re dealing with, what shapes the woman she has become, and what little regrets she keeps close to her chest. And I have to admit that the guilt-ridden account of her “rebellion” is at times worth a chuckle… she does take herself so seriously. Things most of us wouldn’t give a second thought to have Mary Beth praying for forgiveness. But it’s all very real and never too over the top. Mary Best is...more
Want to read a book that's charming, cute, and at times laugh out loud funny? You've found it. It's very easy to identify with Linda Ann Rentschler's main character, at least if you're a woman, and seeing familiar situations from this point of view makes the book hard to resist and even harder to put down. I'll admit that I was sceptical at first. Neither the cover or the blur really speaks to me, but the book itself is nothing short of wonderful.
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