Showing posts with label Katherine Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Katherine Center. Show all posts
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Feel-Good Book for Oldyweds
I need a feel-good book in February, and this one did the job starting with the title: Everyone Is Beautiful. As a bonus, the cover has a picture of an iced chocolate cupcake. The author, Katherine Center, has apparently been getting attention from the mommyblogs, but she deserves some from book bloggers, too, before the novel comes out on Feb. 17, because not only is the description of dealing with small children realistic, but the novel is well-written and wry and it earns its title and its happy ending, much like you have to earn the benefits of a long-lasting marriage.
There were bits that I had to read out loud to Ron, most notably the comment when a woman asks another woman "when are you due," not realizing that she's 10 months postpartum:
"Here is my policy on that question: Don't ever ask it. Even if you're talking to a woman who is clearly about to have quintuplets. Just don't ask. Because if you're wrong, you've just said one of the most horrible things you can say to a woman. If you're wrong, you've ruined her week--possibly her month and even her year. If you're wrong, she will go home and cry, and not even be able to tell her husband what she's crying about. He'll ask over and over as she lies face-down on their bed, and she'll have no choice but to say "It's nothing," and then, "Please, just leave me alone."
I wouldn't want my husband to think that I could be that shallow and silly. Would you?
There were bits that I had to read out loud to Ron, most notably the comment when a woman asks another woman "when are you due," not realizing that she's 10 months postpartum:
"Here is my policy on that question: Don't ever ask it. Even if you're talking to a woman who is clearly about to have quintuplets. Just don't ask. Because if you're wrong, you've just said one of the most horrible things you can say to a woman. If you're wrong, you've ruined her week--possibly her month and even her year. If you're wrong, she will go home and cry, and not even be able to tell her husband what she's crying about. He'll ask over and over as she lies face-down on their bed, and she'll have no choice but to say "It's nothing," and then, "Please, just leave me alone."
I wouldn't want my husband to think that I could be that shallow and silly. Would you?
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