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Mother’s Day Books

We are putting together a list of books for Mother’s Day. Every day this week, we will be posting a new suggestion that will entertain, delight and appeal to mother’s (and women) everywhere.

Today’s suggestion: THE BEST DAY OF SOMEONE ELSE’S LIFE by Kerry Reichs

Despite being cursed with a boy’s name, Kevin “Vi” Connelly is seriously female and a committed romantic. The affliction hit at the tender age of six when she was handed a basket of flower petals and ensnared by the “marry-tale.” The thrill, the attention, the big white dress—it’s the Best Day of Your Life, and it’s seriously addictive. But at twenty-seven, with a closetful of pricey bridesmaid dresses she’ll never wear again, a trunkful of embarrassing memories, and an empty bank account from paying for it all, the illusion of matrimony as the Answer to Everything begins to fray. As her friends’ choices don’t provide answers, and her family confuses her more, Vi faces off against her eminently untrustworthy boyfriend and the veracity of the BDOYL.

Eleven weddings in eighteen months would send any sane woman either over the edge or scurrying for the altar. But as reality separates from illusion, Vi learns that letting go of someone else’s story to write your own may be harder than buying the myth, but just might help her make the right choices for herself.

Kerry Reichs hits the scene with a delightful debut novel! It captured my attention on page one. Considering I had just finished watching 27 Dresses and had reached my capacity of wedding-related stories, the fact that the book held my interest long into the night and even prevented me from getting to sleep at a reasonable hour should be a strong testament to the charm of this novel. The writing is sharp, the characters are believable and the setting is so detailed that you want to go in search of the bookshops that Vi frequents. I may have to bring this book with me on my next trip to Washington.

I think Kerry Reichs is going to follow in her famous mother’s successful footsteps (New York Times Bestselling author, Kathy Reichs). I look forward to her next novel with eager anticipation.