A NIGHT OWL REVIEWS BOOK REVIEW | Reviewed by: Kyraninse
This was a truly enjoyable book. Not only was the friendship between the women lovely to read about, I also enjoyed the insight into the eyes of an author's woes. Fascinating to read about what these four women wrote about and how who they were shaped what they wrote and vice versa. It seems that a woman can run from anything, but her own mind. Wendy Wax brings the women and their lives to life and it's easy to see shades of the real world in these characters. Also, the backdrop of the “revealing” of how the industry works is both illuminating and worrisome – makes one wonder how much of it is truth and how much is fiction. I will be keeping an eye out for future titles by this author.
Feb 18, 2009 | 9780425227671
5 - Rare Top Pick | 4.5 - Top Pick | 4 - I Liked It | 3.5 - Enjoyable | 3 - OK | 2.5 - It just didn't click
Book Blurb for The Accidental Bestseller
Once upon a time four aspiring authors met at a writers’ conference. Ten years later they’re still friends, veterans of the dog-eat-dog New York publishing world.
Molly St. James is a workaholic whose novels support her and her husband’s lavish lifestyle. Tanya Mason juggles two jobs, two kids, and a difficult mother. Faye Truett is the wife of a famous televangelist and the author of best-selling inspirational romances, no one would ever guess her explosive secret. Kendall Aim’s once-promising career is on the skids – as is her marriage. Her sales have fallen, her new editor can barely feign interest in her work – and her husband is cheating.
Under pressure to meet her next deadline, Kendall holes up in a mountain cabin to confront a blank page and blanker future. But her friends won’t let her face this struggle alone. They collaborate on a novel none of them could write by herself, using their own lives as fodder, assuming no one will discover the truth behind their words.
No one is more surprised than they are when the book becomes a runaway bestseller. But within success comes scrutiny and scandal. Now all bets are off….as these four best friends suddenly realize how little they’ve truly known each other.
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