Nancy A. (Chocoholic) reviewed on 8/6/2010 + 291 more book reviews

Helpful Score: 2

I started to give this book only three stars, because the reading it got really bogged down in the middle towards the end. Thankfully, it picked back up towards the end.

This book is a memoir of an English professor who is injured in a car accident and whose husband subsequently leaves her for a gay man. Yes, the author does use a certain phrase "Bob from Gay.com" quite frequently, but I did not find it annoyingly so.

The book gets sort of preachy and life-affirming in the middle, where I was sorely tempted to put the book down and walk away from it. I am glad that I stuck with it, though, as it is very funny. Certain sections of the book made me laugh out loud.

At the end of the paperback copy is a non-fiction bit about Mennonites and their history and culture and how they differ from other religious groups (the Amish, for example) which is interesting in itself and quite funny too.

Overall, a good read, if slightly preachy.

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