Crimes Against a Book Club - Kathy Cooperman

Crimes Against a Book Club by [Kathy Cooperman]

Description

Best friends Annie and Sarah need cash—fast. Sarah, a beautiful, successful lawyer, wants nothing more than to have a baby. But balancing IVF treatments with a grueling eighty-hour workweek is no walk in the park. Meanwhile, Annie, a Harvard-grad chemist recently transplanted to Southern California, is cutting coupons to afford her young autistic son’s expensive therapy.

Desperate, the two friends come up with a brilliant plan: they’ll combine Sarah’s looks and Annie’s brains to sell a “luxury” anti aging face cream to the wealthy, fading beauties in Annie’s La Jolla book club. The scheme seems innocent enough, until Annie decides to add a special—and oh-so-illegal—ingredient that could bring their whole operation crashing to the ground.

Hilarious, intelligent, and warm, Crimes Against a Book Club is a delightful look at the lengths women will go to fend for their families and for one another.

Review

I wasn't too sure about this book to begin with as it began with the end so to speak. Although it involves characters who are women in a book club I felt the connection was a little tenuous. Once I got into the book the chapter headings are all quotes from books and little insights into different books and I actually found myself wondering and researching some of those I hadn't read or heard of. My advice is to hang in there and the book club connection will be there!

As the book got going and the two friends plan came into play it really became an unputdownable read. So many great characters all with little traits that brought them to life. The interactions between them in public and the real feelings and thoughts about one another in private.

There was a great scene were one of the ladies really puts one over an overbearing woman - who I had wanted brought down a peg or two. The book is brilliantly written and whilst comedic also very satisfying too with a look at life through a different mechanism than usual.

I'm giving this book 4 out of 5 stars. This book is from my personal shelf.

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