Judy H. (hart2hart) reviewed on 2/5/2007 + 711 more book reviews

For Kate Klein, a semi-accidental mother of three, suburbia has been full of unpleasant surprises. Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home. The supermommies on the playground routinely snub her. Her days are spent carpooling and enduring endless games of Candy Land, and at night, most of her orgasms are of the do-it-yourself variety. When a fellow mother is murderd, Kate finds that the unsolved mystery is the most exciting thing to happen in Upchurch, Connecticut, since her neighbors broke ground for a guesthouse and cracked their spetic tank. As Kate is drawn deeper into the murdered woman's past, she begins to uncover the secrets nd lies behind Upchurch's picket-fence facade---and considers the choices and compromises all modern women make as the navigate between obligation and independence, small towns and big cities, being a mother and having a life of one's own. A Peyton Place for the 21st century, only more modern, hip and funny than the original.

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