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Lanie Coates, a young mom of three children is moving from Houston, Texas to Cambridge Boston so that her musician husband Peter can go to graduate school. The novel starts off with the family arriving at their new apartment, where Peter is immediately engrossed in his new life while Lanie flounders around sans a support system and friends, in keeping her kids occupied and fed, and herself sane and showered. At the park one day, she meets a young woman her own age, who unwittingly insults Lanie's appearance by asking her when she is due (Lanie is not pregnant). That incident serves as a catalyst in Lanie's life as she realizes how much she has neglected herself, and decides to do something about it . . . I loved this book, just as I loved "I don't know how she does it" by Allison Pearson. It describes very well the life of a young, stay-at-home Mom, and the pressure and the consuming demands of parenting. I also really liked Center's sense of humor and her very amusing, and easy-to-identify-with parenting tales as Lanie deals with the questions of her three boisterous kids. This novel also has a positive spin on it, so it has a nice, feel-good ending.
A bit too much multiple crisis' action to fully mesh, but the authenticly angry, yet empathetic teen voice is a strong point (as is the fact that she's a Midwestern girl!)
Steve Martin is a genius and this book is a gem. If only all autobiographers could be as self-effacing as Martin. The line "Disneyland was my Versailles" sticks with me and I quote it often. An amazing life story told poignantly and simply.