Ladies Who Lunch

by Linda Francis Lee

Ladies Who Lunch [Paperback] Francis Lee, Linda

Genres: Chick Lit, Romance, Fiction

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

Linda Francis Lee is a native Texan now calling New York City home. Linda's writing career began when her article "There Is No Finish Line" was published in her university's quarterly magazine. But she got sidetracked from writing when she started teaching probability and statistics. Later she found her way back to writing, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution called her breakout novel, Blue Waltz, "absolutely stunning."
Now Linda is the author of nineteen books that are published in sixteen countries around the world, in languages as diverse as Japanese and Russian. Two of her most recent novels are in development for feature films, and she is in the process of co-developing a television series set in her beloved Texas. Lee's next novel, her twentieth, is a large work of fiction about the redemption of a man, and will be released in 2011.
When Linda isn't writing, she loves to run in Central Park and spend time with her husband, family, and friends.

Reviews

[Dee]

This book is the same book as "The Devil in the Junior League"

[Nazia Mushtaq · Rating 2 out of 5]

Just fine, nothing impressive !! finished it for the sake of reading

[Kathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun, light-hearted read full of Southern charm!

[Hannah Mae · Rating 4 out of 5]

At first 20 chapters is boring, then after that i can't put it down

[Amanda Patterson · Rating 1 out of 5]

Fredericka Mercedes Hildebrand Ware (AKA Frede, pronounced Freddy, to her friends) is a traditional Southern Belle who heads up a women's version of an Old Boys Club in Willow Creek, Texas.



She has the husband - handsome and well-connected, but poor. This doesn't matter because she has connections and money. After 6 years of trying to fall pregnant she discovers that her husband is having an affair and that he's had a vasectomy. She kicks him out and so begins the story,



Frede has to outsmart not only her ex-husband but the community in which she lives. Appearnaces are everything. I won't tell you who wins in the end but it is chick lit. The worst kind of chick lit. I did not care for the heroine or her troubles. Lee's style is cloying and her inane narrative chatters on like a mentally challenged chipmunk.



Amanda Patterson



Rating: 1/5

[Cara · Rating 3 out of 5]

I really enjoyed The Glass Kitchen: A Novel of Sisters, so I couldn't wait to get more books by the same author. This one, eh. I almost gave up on it near the beginning--too many problems, too many unpleasant characters. But in the end, I stuck with it. Although the ending was just what I expected, I still liked it ok. I guess I would summarize this as The Help minus the substance and heroic characters (the good parts, in other words). :P