Yed Route A PDF/EPUB Sylvia Landsman flees to Italy where she meets Henry a wistful married middle aged expatriate Taking off on a grand tour of Europe bankrolled with his wife's money Henry and Sylvia follow a circuitous route around the continent as Sylvia entertains Henry with stories of her peculiar family and her damaged friends of de.
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The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIIf I didn't know the author personally and respect her work I don't think there's any way I would browse through a bookstore and pick this one out For one the cover looks like a poster for a sugary Jennifer Aniston movie Strike Two is the first sentence which is completely melodramatic and inauthentic to the purposes of fiction it struck me as a sentence that strives very hard to be a great first sentence I suppose there was no third strike but two strikes are usually enough for me to put a book back on the shelfHowever The Scenic Route was recommended to me and Kirshenbaum's books are nothing if not entertaining so I dove in It does rally from its initial missteps I enjoyed the writing style although it takes a little getting used to this is the proverbial book that teaches you how it should be read Kirshenbaum does an effective job jumping
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIAll I could think of while I was reading this book was a I need to stop getting book recommendations from Oprah Magazine or Real Simple and b this author really teaches writing at Columbia I suppose if I was a middle age woman plodding along in life and going through some sort of crisis or hoping like hell I soon would and therefore my life would start to be interesting then I would have liked this book But I am not and I wouldn't recommend the book to anyone other than that target demographic It is trite overtly sentimental and lacking any sort of purpose Much like the protagonist in the book Sylvia is a recently unemployed a
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBII loved how the format of this novel reflects its overarching theme The book meanders through time literally taking the scenic route just as the two main characters take the sc
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIThis book had such a slow start that I almost put it down many times The last third of the book was much better The novel definitely takes the scenic route in getting to the plot and is very disjointed and frustrating at times All in all it's not a bad book but I didn't think it was excellent It seemed like a very rough draft written at many different times instead of a cohesive collection of stories interwoven with the main plot
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIWhen I read reviews like witty and poignant a brilliant creation and a most virtuoso performance my interest is peaked and I give a book try Review fail Kirshenbaum's protagonist is hardly witty in a rambling narrative filled with non seuiturs she loses her job travels Europe and takes up with a married man Snippets from her past oddities from her luggage insights from her lover are all jumbled together with no point in sight Not a trip I want to retake
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIBinnie Kirshenbaum's new novel looks like another year in Provence or another romance baked under the Tuscan sun It begins with a recession fantasy A middle age divorced woman gets laid off but uses her severance money for a trip to Italy There as usually happens she strikes up a conversation with a handsome millionaire at a cafe and spends the rest of the summer driving around Europe with him staying in the cutest inns and savoring the finest wines Given this setup you'd expect the cover of The Scenic Route to show a shirtless steroid abuser embracing a mildly resistant lingerie model in a ripening vineyardBut in this case the opening is something of a bait and switch and the switch is far better than the bait Sylvia Landsman's tour of Europe turns out to be just a thin frame on which Kirshenbaum hangs several generations of family stories Florence Prague and Slovenia whiz by as they take the scenic route loop de loop and fast as if we were in h
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIPleasant entertaining good vacation book
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIDidn’t finish
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBITrivial stories and day to day events made into a book Most of the content irrelevantBut the writing style is good
The Scenic Route A Novel PDF ✓ The SceniceBook scenic book, route book, novel epub, The Scenic mobile, Route A pdf, Scenic Route A pdf, The Scenic Route A Novel MOBIIt wasn't as if this book was full of edge of your seat adventure but Kirshenbaum's writing kept me interested in the story She is so witty