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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Disorder Galore! Mendelson takes us to a very special wedding on the first page of this witty and socially incendiary novel. The Rubin family have turned out to see one of their members, their first son Leo, married before his Rabbi mother Claudia, easily the most exotic, creature in the world: `No one is interested in you. There is one star of this show: tall and distractingly voluptuous in sea-green silk devore. With her in their mist...who could not be happy?' Yet Leo strangely has other plans. He elopes before the... more info
Self-obsessed Selfish and unpleasant family members spend their time obsessing and whining about being Jewish and complaining about how the world owes them a living and isn't delivering. Diverting it ain't.
really turgid read I took this on holiday after reading all the positive reviews posted on Amazon. I hated it. There was no warmth in the story telling just a bunch of 2 dimensional unlikeable characters trying to avoid upsetting an atrocious mother/rabbi. I have no idea why this book would be worthy of an award nomination. I recently read The Road Home by Rose Tremain and this doesn't hold a candle to it.
I only gave it a star because the Amazon review system doesn't allow you to leave 0 stars ....so bad I left it... more info
very good book I'd tried another novel by Charlotte Mendelson and found it a bit overwritten and the first chapter of this made me think it was going to be more of the same. But I persevered and really enjoyed this book. It had great wit and humanity, the dilemmas of the main characters were beautifully realised and I laughed out loud often. I did think the resolution was a bit hasty and unrealistic, hence five stars rather than four but I'd still strongly recommend this.
