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without a title or author, how can i find a particular book?Here's the thing. i read this book about 10 years ago that was incredible (at least, my 16 year old self was incredible, so who knows). it was about a sort of vaguely discontented snarky and cynical suburban mom whose life gets turned upside down when an unbearably bubbly and energetic young soccer mom moves into the neighborhood. the unlikely pair become best friends, and the story is about all they learn from each other. it sounds pretty barfy when described like that, but, from what i remember, the writing was pretty good. and the format keeps the reader interested, because it is told in the first person from the perspectives of the two women. olivia writes one chapter, then the other friend (i can't remember her name) writes the next, and it goes back and forth like that. it's a little bit like a mystery, since the imperfect narrators make the reader have to infer parts of the story to fill in the gaps. the bubbly young mom gets breast cancer, and then gets pregnant while going through cancer treatment. it doesn't look like she'll make it, but then gets somewhat better and there's hope for her, and at the end she gets killed in a car crash. i remember being profoundly impacted by the story as an adolescent, and i really want to go back and read it again. but all i know is the plot and one of the character's names. no author, not even a bit of the title that i can remember. any ideas on how i might be able to go about finding this book? |
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