Summary
Unhappy in her perfect home in L.A. with her rich record-producing husband, David, and their beautiful daughter, Dot, a frustrated Violet becomes romantically involved with former drug-addict, struggling musician Teddy Reyes. Meanwhile, David's controlling sister Sally sets out to land herself a husband and bullies socially-awkward sportscaster Jeremy into proposing.
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Critique
At first glance, Sempel's characters are fascinatingly shallow and despicable, but as they grow and change, they become genuinely worth spending time with. Ultimately, this book is about the lengths people go to to find and feel love. Compelling and emotional reading laced with bittersweet humor. Highly recommend.
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