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This may become a DNF. I’m not finding the author to be clever or amusing, despite the hype. She reminds me of the many people I’ve met over the years who fancy themselves more amusing and edgy than they really are.

Frustrated by modern lingo and possible verisimilitude error.

1. Ref to middle school in early thirties. Not common (possibly nonexistent). Certainly not in the vernacular.

2. Casual mention of Laura Ingalls Wilder books given to young Margaret. Margaret was 14 when the first book came out and 17 or 18 for the second.

3. Term “stroller brigade” — incorrect for the time.

I can’t finish this one.

I am so confused.

I’m listening to the audiobook while driving (for the most part). I enjoy getting the mother’s perspective. However the audiobook narrator mispronounces “Concord,” which is something I think the director should have caught prior to publishing the audio version.

I am going to finish listening to this book on the off chance something horrible happens to the main characters. Here's hoping!

Seriously, I am grateful to live on a different planet than these vapid, shallow, ugly-hearted, small-minded, self-absorbed, pathetic women!

I am curious if Giffin was/is actually this mean or knows people who resemble her characters. Because they are beastly.

Absurdly long and may resort to skimming so as to avoid library fines.

Couldn’t get into it - DNF

God this book is a mess. I’m morbidly fascinated by these horrible characters so I do plan to complete it.