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The Funeral Planner Goes To The White House

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This is a great page-turner with lots of comedy, irony and satire into the inner workings of the White House and inner healings of a Workaholic. Embedded in the comedy is a great deal of depth and wisdom about collective healing and grief consciousness. It's also strangely odd how well timed this novel is in terms of the mood of our country--as if the author had channeled the future in terms of our economic conditions. This book was so good that I bought the first novel in the series (The Funeral Planner) to catch up on the adventures of Maddy Banks!

Madison Banks, a "life-celebration entrepreneur", has been hired by the White House to create a new national holiday to honor the dead. As "America's Grief Czar", Madison is supposed to put on a huge extravaganza with celebrities and amazing effects to help the nation get back on its emotional feet. I didn't get this book at all. I couldn't tell whether the author intended it to be a light, fun chick lit book or a serious book sermonizing on dealing with grief. It didn't strike the right tone or balance from my perspective.

Love The Funeral Planner Goes to the White House with Maddy as the Chief Grief Counselor! Along with Lynn's entertaining books and upcoming DVD, she's created The Tribute Network, which is a social media website where you can post videos to honor people and pets you love. After posting a tribute video for my highschool friend who recently passed away suddenly at a young age, it was heartwarming to see that over 500 friends watched it from around the world. This video helped me share life celebrations for my friend when I could not be there to speak at the funeral. My tribute video included black and white photos from our yearbook, and the song "Beautiful Girl" because she was gorgeous both inside and out. Thank you Lynn Isenberg for inspiring me to film this tribute with laughs of the good times together that touched so many hearts.

I also got a sneak preview of Lynn's Hi-Def Digital Series on DVD that is due out this spring with a sparkling Hollywood cast that will make you laugh and think about how you want to be remembered. Three women plan Life Celebrations with fun twists and a coffee shop office in Santa Monica, CA, including Maddy Banks (Heather Mazur/ CSI), Eve (Joss Stone/ hot singer), and Sierra (Marisa Ramirez/ General Hospital). What an awesome compliment to Lynn's comedy novel trilogy (The Funeral Planner, The Funeral Planner Goes to the White House and The Funeral Planner Goes Global). I highly recommend The Funeral Planner books, DVD and The Tribute Network! Thank you for the life celebration reminders Lynn!

Yeah!!! A chick lit book from the now defunct Red Dress Ink series. I had read, a while back, The Funeral Planner and enjoyed it, but somehow managed to miss the second book in the series - until now.

The Funeral Planner Goes to the White House is the sequel to the first book and re-introduces us to Maddie. She has been asked by the big guy himself, the President of the US, to be her "top funeral planner and advisor". Now, first off, this plotline sounds silly and really, it is, but this is CHICK LIT and I don't care - it made for a great storyline and although improbable, was fun, fun to read.

I also loved the book's beginning - Oppssss! Forgot to say the Serenity Prayer. Anything with that sentence in it has definitely got my attention.

This book is funny, a tad over the top and I loved it.

I am an avid reader, and I had to force myself to read this book. Between the thin, unbelievable plot; the one-dimensional and unsympathetic characters; and the abundant grammatical errors I was ready to pull my hair out. The entire book seemed like a plug for some kind of product. The lead character abuses a 12-step program to further her cause, and mysteriously gets religious at the end of the book. I was not at all surprised when I got to the end of it and saw that the author had started a website with the same name as the one the main character had started. It seems like this book was written either to fulfill a contractual obligation, or to further the author's cause. Either way, it's a real stinker. Seriously, Mira, are you in need of good copy editors?

The Funeral Planner Goes To The White House

This book is an entertaining read...its pace is fast & easy...& its storyline flows. Its comical adventures seem to lighten up the mood of the grieving President & nation. Romance is woven in the midst of business, as well as deep seeds of wisdom.

I found myself giggling throughout & nodding my head acknowledging existential Truths about Love & Life. I believe the Author has an incredible way of foreseeing the future...because it's so on point in terms of what's currently going on in the Nation.

If you want comedy w/ substance, then buy this book...because it's meant for you.

Much of the country regardless of political affiliation is in shock with the unexpected sudden death of the charismatic First Lady Haley Stone; not only was she widely loved and respected, this was a first for a FLOTUS. Even before Americans can move on, the Secretary of State Jonathan Darcy having worked diligently and successfully forged a Middle East accord died from a broken heart three months after his terminally ill fifty-two years old wife did.

Funeral planner Madison Banks of Lights Out Enterprises had tastefully handled Mrs. Stone's memorial and that of the Darcy couple; earning the appreciation of the nation and the widower President Andrew Stone. He appoints Maddy on the hastily created House Bereavement Specialists Committee, a temporary group to help the nation obtain closure and move on in the grief cycle. Called "The Grief Czar", Maddy struggles with her assignment especially being there for Andrew as his "grief buddy". She sets up a special government sponsored event, My Grief Day while her boyfriend Victor Winston works on the legacy of his former boss, Darcy, on implementing the peace accord in the Middle East.

There are too many "stand up comic" type jokes and chick lit asides that subtract from what otherwise is a superb satirical political thriller. The story line is fast-paced as Madison is drafted by POTUS to help the country work its way through the stages of grief. Fans will agree that Maddy has come a long way since her first foray into the Adam Smith world as THE FUNERAL PLANNER.

Harriet Klausner