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I have been in this with Lauren Weisberger since the beginning. "Devil Wears Prada," "Everyone Worth Knowing," "When Life Gives You Lululemons" - we've grown up together, Lauren!
And in that growing up, the characters are aging along with us - particularly in Weisberger's latest book, "Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty." I've said this in a couple other reviews recently, but I'll say it again and again if it will keep these books coming...I love that we are finally seeing stories which feature women in middle age. And it's interesting! And they have lives! And they have sex lives! They're people, too! What a crazy concept for the entertainment world to finally start figuring out...
Okay, off my soapbox...
While I'm just at the beginning of my middle-life and have small children nowhere near ready for college, I can still fully understand wanting to do what we, as parents, think is best for our children - just as Peyton, our main character, does when she makes the massive mistake of paying to get her only child, Max, into *Peyton's* ideal college. However, the true lesson that Weisberger so beautifully taught us can be completely summed up in this quote from Peyton's mother:
"Sweetheart, I know it can be easy to miss when it's your own child - I think I might have missed it with you - but eventually you need to stand back and admire the person they've become. It's almost never the person you wanted, or expected, them to be, but once you can see them as separate from you, it's pretty incredible how much you can respect them for the path they've chosen."
Oof. Gut Punch. But very wise words, none-the-less.
"Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty" still has that late '90s/early aughts high heels, pink cover feel...a genre I devoured in my 20s. But instead of trying to snag a job and a boyfriend, our characters are now trying to *keep* those jobs, their families, and their youth. So, if you've loved Lauren Weisberger since her start, you're going to continue to love her as she enters mid-life along with the rest of us - her ChickLit readers.
And in that growing up, the characters are aging along with us - particularly in Weisberger's latest book, "Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty." I've said this in a couple other reviews recently, but I'll say it again and again if it will keep these books coming...I love that we are finally seeing stories which feature women in middle age. And it's interesting! And they have lives! And they have sex lives! They're people, too! What a crazy concept for the entertainment world to finally start figuring out...
Okay, off my soapbox...
While I'm just at the beginning of my middle-life and have small children nowhere near ready for college, I can still fully understand wanting to do what we, as parents, think is best for our children - just as Peyton, our main character, does when she makes the massive mistake of paying to get her only child, Max, into *Peyton's* ideal college. However, the true lesson that Weisberger so beautifully taught us can be completely summed up in this quote from Peyton's mother:
"Sweetheart, I know it can be easy to miss when it's your own child - I think I might have missed it with you - but eventually you need to stand back and admire the person they've become. It's almost never the person you wanted, or expected, them to be, but once you can see them as separate from you, it's pretty incredible how much you can respect them for the path they've chosen."
Oof. Gut Punch. But very wise words, none-the-less.
"Where the Grass is Green and the Girls are Pretty" still has that late '90s/early aughts high heels, pink cover feel...a genre I devoured in my 20s. But instead of trying to snag a job and a boyfriend, our characters are now trying to *keep* those jobs, their families, and their youth. So, if you've loved Lauren Weisberger since her start, you're going to continue to love her as she enters mid-life along with the rest of us - her ChickLit readers.
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