OK, so I'm about halfway through The Wednesday Sisters, the Early Reviewer book I got from LT by Meg Waite Clayton, and I'm loving it! It's an excellently written story about friendship and family (and especially how friends can grow into being more than just friends, they can become family too).
The story revolves around no-nonsense, athletic Linda, super smart Brett, quiet Frankie, Southern Belle Kath & shy Ally, friends who first meet every Wednesday in the park for play time with their kids, where they start to discuss what books they've been reading and the small talk of forming friendships. Later, they discover that each has had a small desire in one way or another to become writers, so the Wednesday meetings change to writing critiques, as they each try to help the other into becoming better writers.
The book is so much more than just about their writing. It's also about the hopes, dreams and challenges of young families and budding friendships. I'm really impressed with the book over all; smartly written and nicely paced, with believable characters. I'm hoping the book finishes up as nicely as it has started.
The book will be released on June 17, 2008, and simply based on what I've read so far, Im highly recommending it.
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Okay, I'm sort of disappointed hearing all of these good reviews of this book now. A few days ago someone put a copy up on bookmooch, and I didn't grab it because I hadn't really heard how people were liking it yet. By the time I decided just to go ahead and get it, it was too late, and now I'm regretting it.
Sounds like a good book. Definitely going to have to add it to my wish list now.
Yeah, I think this is definitely a book you'd like.
I hope this is going to find its way over to the UK because it sounds so much like my sort of book. Being a person of absolutely no family whatsoever I know all about friends becoming family. I want to see what Clayton has to say about it.
Ok...I've now pre-ordered this from Amazon. It better be worth the hardcover price...else I'm coming after you the $15. ;-)
It was very good - when I posted my review on LT I got a personal comment from the author, so now I'm totally starstruck. =)
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