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Book: The Lives of Edie Pritchard

Author: Larry Watson

Book Series: Standalone

Rating: 3/5

Recommended For...: multigenerational novel, feminism

Publication Date: July 7, 2020

Genre: Contemporary

Recommended Age: 18+ (romance, TW domestic violence, TW sexual harassment)

Publisher: Algonquin Books

Pages: 368

Synopsis: Edie—smart, self assured, beautiful—always worked hard. She worked as a teller at a bank, she worked to save her first marriage, and later, she worked to raise her daughter even as her second marriage came apart. Really, Edie just wanted a good life, but everywhere she turned, her looks defined her. Two brothers fought over her. Her second husband became unreasonably possessive and jealous. Her daughter resented her. And now, as a grandmother, Edie finds herself harassed by a younger man. It’s been a lifetime of proving that she is allowed to exist in her own sphere. The Lives of Edie Pritchard tells the story of one woman just trying to be herself, even as multiple men attempt to categorize and own her.

Review: Overall, I thought the book was really well done. The book had a lot of good writing and the world building was very well done. I also liked the concept of the story and the plot was intriguing to me.

However, I didn’t like that the book had a lot of holes in Edie’s story. I feel like there were a lot of missed opportunities to give us more history on her. I also am not a fan of the “will they won’t they” and the tease of the romance wasn’t good for me. The book expected you to have this knowledge of this character that was a mystery throughout the whole novel. I also feel weird about this slight feminist novel being wrote by a male author.

Verdict: It was a good book!