Book Review and Giveaway: Fly Away Home

By Melissa Amster

**GIVEAWAY IS CLOSED**

Jennifer Weiner has done it again...created another masterpiece of literary fiction. I was immediately drawn into the story of Sylvie, Diana and Lizzie from page one. There were times I forgot I was reading a book, as I got so caught up in their lives that I thought they were people I actually knew.

"Fly Away Home" is about a senator's wife who finds out on CNN that her husband had an affair, her older daughter, an overachiever who is unhappy in her marriage and her younger daughter, a drug addict just out of rehab who is trying to repair her life. The story is told from all three perspectives, yet the reader sees new things about each woman through the others' eyes. And there's comic relief too, in the form of Sylvie's mother, Selma. (I think I appreciated her more because I'm Jewish, but she's still quite a character anyway.) Toss in a few interesting male leads, some hot "romantic" scenes (that rival the ones in Sue Margolis' books) and incredible descriptions of food and scenery and you have a fantastic book.

The only thing I wish were different was that Ms. Weiner should have expanded the story even further, giving readers an epilogue or just more time with these women. Sure, there's closure, but I think there's room for a sequel.

Overall, I loved this novel and highly recommend it to anyone who wants a story that will grab them and not let them go.

I want to thank Emily Gambir from Engleman and Co for providing a review copy....as well as one book to give away to a US reader.

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