Tree Climbing for Beginners by Joyia Marie
Mar 23, 2018 17:40:13 GMT -7
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Post by jiffsmom on Mar 23, 2018 17:40:13 GMT -7
Tree Climbing for Beginners by Joyia Marie
I would like to thank imabookaddict for listing this book in the "H having a mid-life crisis" thread as I had never seen this book or heard of the author. I also have to tell you that some of this book bears an strange resemblance to my family history. I had a great grandmother that shot her husband,not in the butt but in the gut, unfortunately. And my first husband left me for a teenager while we were in our thirties. I would have liked to have had Helen's attitude at the time.
Harold and Helen have been married for 14 years. They have twins who are 12 years old. Harold has never been active in the twins' lives and has been cheating on Helen for about 6 months. Helen know he is cheating but wants to keep the family together until the twins get out of high school. The book begins with Harold telling Helen he wants a divorce so he can marry the other woman. His immediate plan is to quickly pack a bag and go to the OW's apartment. Instead, Helen packs a bag and leaves, telling him he can keep the house because it is his turn to raise the twins.
This is when the book gets a little unbelievable. The author would have us believe the husband is so complacent about his wife that he doesn't know she is a very successful writer. He knows her mother is a photographer and her grandmother was a painter, but he sees these occupations as hobbies, not as careers. Harold does not know where Helen's writing loft is located because he never thought about it after Helen began paying all the expenses on the loft. In a nutshell, Harold checked out of the marriage a long time before he started cheating.
Of course there is a hunky neighbor for Helen to meet, she has friends with connections, and a big bank balance so she doesn't have to wonder if she's going to have enough gas to get to work (one of MY biggest worries early in my divorce). Harold has second thoughts, but it was too late before he thought them.
I liked the book. Helen was a much better (and richer) person than I would have been in her place. The book ended with HEAs (kind of) all around and I felt better for the grins. giggles, and belly laughs I got out of it. Just a warning about typos and wrong words if you are badly bothered by these.
I would like to thank imabookaddict for listing this book in the "H having a mid-life crisis" thread as I had never seen this book or heard of the author. I also have to tell you that some of this book bears an strange resemblance to my family history. I had a great grandmother that shot her husband,not in the butt but in the gut, unfortunately. And my first husband left me for a teenager while we were in our thirties. I would have liked to have had Helen's attitude at the time.
Harold and Helen have been married for 14 years. They have twins who are 12 years old. Harold has never been active in the twins' lives and has been cheating on Helen for about 6 months. Helen know he is cheating but wants to keep the family together until the twins get out of high school. The book begins with Harold telling Helen he wants a divorce so he can marry the other woman. His immediate plan is to quickly pack a bag and go to the OW's apartment. Instead, Helen packs a bag and leaves, telling him he can keep the house because it is his turn to raise the twins.
This is when the book gets a little unbelievable. The author would have us believe the husband is so complacent about his wife that he doesn't know she is a very successful writer. He knows her mother is a photographer and her grandmother was a painter, but he sees these occupations as hobbies, not as careers. Harold does not know where Helen's writing loft is located because he never thought about it after Helen began paying all the expenses on the loft. In a nutshell, Harold checked out of the marriage a long time before he started cheating.
Of course there is a hunky neighbor for Helen to meet, she has friends with connections, and a big bank balance so she doesn't have to wonder if she's going to have enough gas to get to work (one of MY biggest worries early in my divorce). Harold has second thoughts, but it was too late before he thought them.
I liked the book. Helen was a much better (and richer) person than I would have been in her place. The book ended with HEAs (kind of) all around and I felt better for the grins. giggles, and belly laughs I got out of it. Just a warning about typos and wrong words if you are badly bothered by these.
