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My Life and Dr. Joyce Brothers (Deep South Books)

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Just on a lark, I browsed around and stumbled across this book which I'd read a long time ago. I'd even written a mini-review of it for a literary journal. And yet, I remember next to nothing about this book! I remember it as being light-hearted, unconventional, a breeze to read, and humorous.

This is a not a substantial novel/story collection (I suspect you'd have to read her other novel We Can Still Be Friends for something more meaty). Still it's a fun read, probably good chick lit and K.C. is a talented writer.

One of the crazy things about amazon is that certain books (perfectly fine ones) just get no feedback at all. Many sell for under a $1, and even if you factor in the shipping and handling, it's still a great deal.

I could not get into this book, could not even get past chapter 2. The protaganist was too whiny, obsessed and frankly and idiot.

A masterful book. Beautifully written, an array of characters so alive they leap off the page. The inter-related stories move from an early seeming simplicity to an extraordinary depth by the end, full of passion and intelligence -- as one reviewer called it, "a kind of prayer."
The main character, Nina, begins in despair and ends not in triumph, but apparently headed in that direction -- which becomes clearer if you read the second volume in this series of books, The Society of Friends. (The third in the series hasn't appeared yet.)
I've read this book three times now (loaned out my hardback and it wasn't returned!) and it improves on every reading, because it is so full of humanity and life and so subtle -- you find more and more the deeper you delve into this amazing novel.
I recommend anything by this writer -- poems, stories, novels. Read her latest, We Can Still Be Friends.