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Kathleen Gilles Seidel (Author)
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April 28, 2009
Darcy Van Aiken is doing fine, thank you. She’s an ICU nurse with an “amicable” divorce from her husband Mike, two great kids, a cute little house of her own, and a prescription for Ritalin. When her older son Jeremy gets engaged, Darcy has to figure out if Rose, the bride’s mother, is going to be her new best friend or the mother-in-law who insists that all future holidays be celebrated in her home.

Meanwhile Claudia, Darcy’s ex-husband’s new girlfriend, beautifully dressed with perfect taste, can’t help thinking she would make a much better mother-of-the-groom than Darcy.
 
It’s a battle of will and wits. What Darcy learns about herself —and about family, and friendship—makes for a delicious, hilarious, touching read.

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Being the mother of the groom isn't quite a snap for divorced nurse Darcy Van Aiken in this gently humorous look at how an upcoming wedding upsets the delicate balance of family relationships. Darcy, a busy mother of three, gets along with ex-husband Mike, likes her oldest son Jeremy's bride-to-be and discovers an unexpected affinity for the bride's wealthy but down-to-earth mother. There's just one flaw in the ointment: Mike's new girlfriend, clothing designer Claudia Postlewaite, is determined use the wedding as a means to boost her professional and social standing. From the moment Claudia begins her campaign and cold-shoulders Darcy, there's trouble afoot, but instead of letting the book turn into a comic tug-of-war, Seidel (A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity) reveals the traps people-and especially parents-set for themselves in their marriages and lives. The good (Darcy) vs. evil (Claudia) battle here is light, digestible and full of chuckle-inducing moments.
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About the Author

KATHLEEN GILLES SEIDEL has two daughters and lives in Virginia. She has a Ph.D. in English literature form Johns Hopkins University.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; First Edition edition (April 28, 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0312367759
  • ISBN-13: 978-0312367756
  • Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.5 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,550 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A terrifically smart and funny read, May 28, 2008
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WONDERFUL book! I'm tempted to reread it immediately because I like Seidel's voice so much. The narrator, Darcy, is an ICU nurse with two sons and a fairly recent, fairly amiable divorce. Then her older son, who is graduating from college and going on to med school and his similarly directed girlfriend decide to get married--and life changes. <g>

The future daughter-in-law, Cami Zander-Brown, is really nice even though her parents have this 12 bedroom beach house in the Hamptons and tons of money. But the Zander-Browns are good people, and the family includes a medically fragile youngest child and some complicated relationships.
Darcy, as mother of the groom, finds that her ex's new girlfriend, a Martha Stewartish blogging queen, wants to take over the wedding and edit out anything that isn't in Perfect Taste, and that includes Darcy.

But that's just the basic set-up. Seidel is an absolute master of insightful relationships, and all the many characters are beautifully delineated. This is women's fiction at its best--as entertaining as it is thoughtful. Highly recommended.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Realistic characters in real-life situations, June 28, 2008
Although this book started off slowly, and seemed to sit on my nightstand forever before I picked it up, once I did, I couldn't put it down. The characters are vivid and real, and the modern-day dilemmas and situtations are astonishingly real.
Betsey Shpiro, Author "Queen's Hostess"
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Bit too beige for me..., June 3, 2008
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I've loved KGS for a long time and have read every book she's written. She used to write category romances, moved on to longer more complex romances and her past 2 books haven't had any romance per se in them at all. I miss the romance. I love the characters she creates, who feel so real, like friends next door. I like her dramas and dilemmas are all real world and pertinent. But I miss the romance.
So I bought this hard cover and it has a few shining moments, but I would have liked a bit more passion in it.
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