Leigh Seikel
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Did it bother anyone else that someone with 2 million dollars in the bank doesn' hire a nanny to help take care of the colicy twins? Duh. Also, anyone who's ever had a bank safety deposit box knows that only those who are listed can be authorized to open it. Just because one is a spouse wouldn't be entitle you to open it, even if he/she has a key. Banks are VERY rigid on who can open a box. Another question.
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Jonathan
Lots of issues with this book, it wasn't convincing on many levels.
Tempe Luvs Books
I’m disappointed at how picky-picky everyone is with the safe deposit box and not hiring a nanny. I noticed the bank thing but, hey, it’s fiction and I can forgive the author a little fudging to make things fit. I was amazed at how she coordinated the entire plot. It’s a fantastic thriller.
Alison
LOL, I work in a bank, and when I read this whole section I was thinking "....no, just no..."
Autumn
I thought the same things. Sleep is a necessary. She had money but yet insisted on doing it all including housework and cooking. Also finding a key does not give automatic access.
Deirdre Wilson
I honestly thought the same thing especially since the neighbor had a baby too!!!! Because of this ridiculousness (among much else in this book), I thought maybe neighbor Hanna was involved with Patrick too.
Colleen
Leigh Seikel--we must think alike--those 2 issues went through my mind also---whole time at the bank keep waiting for her to be turned down.
Danielle
Tbh she doesnt work, maybe she wanted to be home with her twins even if it was super difficult. I dont think that part is that unbeleivable
Laura L.
She said at a pediatrician appointment at the beginning she tried having someone else watch the kids but she couldn’t sleep through the noise. Still you would think just having an extra pair of hands around would help.
Becky
And why didn't she just divorce him? The lawyer said that she wouldn't have to split her inheritance (I don't know if that is true, but for the book let's assume it is).
Sherry
I don't buy that she didn't get used to sleeping with a nanny in charge. After she was exhausted beyond coherance, she could have tried a 2nd time and a 3rd and on and on. Sleep deprivation is a serious impediment long term for adequaate care of babies, especially for twins! Also, her poor husband would have insisted. A nurse would have known what to do with the colik. They could have well afforded a nurse.
Joan ROBINSON
No, because The 2 Million could be in a trust and don't want to disturb it.
As for as the safety deposit box the bank employee did look at the owner information and Stephanie signed for it. Sometimes you want to take care of your own children. I had a babysitter in house for awhile when my children were young but we were the parents.
As for as the safety deposit box the bank employee did look at the owner information and Stephanie signed for it. Sometimes you want to take care of your own children. I had a babysitter in house for awhile when my children were young but we were the parents.
Ms. Tammy
Yes, I was especially bothered because it didn't seem to make sense. Anyone who has that amount of money in the bank, I am sure, would have hired a nanny. Unless the author was trying to make a larger point of women feeling the need to have to do it all, especially when they are stay at home mothers.
Laura Trierweiler
LMAO that did not occur to me re: a nanny for the twins but hilarious- seriously why didn't she!?
Sue S
The thought crossed my mind, but that would have ruined the "worn out parents" syndrome!
As for the safe deposit box, I also thought of that and how calling the bank would be worthless, as they would not provide such information. Regardless, it did not ruin the novel in my eyes!
As for the safe deposit box, I also thought of that and how calling the bank would be worthless, as they would not provide such information. Regardless, it did not ruin the novel in my eyes!
Nannette D'Agostino
The whole book bothered me...awful
Medeea
omfg why DIDN'T I think anything of her lack of nanny, especially when things were so awful with two colicky babies?
I did scratch my head at Stephanie being able to walk into a bank with nothing but a key and being able to get into the safety deposit box.
Also, we never did find out if the pan was set on fire by Patrick or if it was sleep deprivation ..... A lot of things left unanswered.
I did scratch my head at Stephanie being able to walk into a bank with nothing but a key and being able to get into the safety deposit box.
Also, we never did find out if the pan was set on fire by Patrick or if it was sleep deprivation ..... A lot of things left unanswered.
Yafa Crane Luria
Yes, I'm always amazed at people who have the money to buy a big house but don't hire housekeepers. Same with people who are half-dead with exhaustion but insist on doing everything themselves.
Lisa
I also thought the same thing about the nanny as some of my very middleclass friends have employed a "night nanny" when things got rough. But the sleep deprivation of Stephanie did fill a vital role in the plot--her questioning her beliefs, not thinking straight, etc.
Kimberly
yes, I was thinking the same thing. If she needed help with the twins so bad, hire help if you have money.
Michael
I didn't have as much problem with the nanny part of it because to each their own. Am not super familiar with the bank portion of that but that does feel like something where facts should get straightened out.
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