Tuesday, November 29, 2005
In Her Shoes - Jennifer Weiner (Entertaining)
I finished reading “In Her Shoes” last night. I was sad when it was over. The story is about two sisters. Maggie (the younger sister) is twenty-eight years old, who has never held a job for more than three months, and likes to party on somebody else's dime. Maggie has never been good academically and that makes her feel inferior to her older sister Rose who effortlessly finished law school and landed a job as junior partner at an esteemed firm. Rose reluctantly allows Maggie in her apartment when Maggie runs out of money but kicks her out when she discovers her boyfriend in bed with her sister.Maggie moves to Florida when she comes to know of a grandmother she never knew she had and she gradually makes a place for herself in her nanna’s heart. Rose quits her job and becomes a dog walker, not wanting to learn the whereabouts of her sister. When she finds out that Maggie is in Florida with the grandmother she also never met, Rose flies down for a family reunion. It is up to Maggie to make it up for all the injuries that she caused to her sister.
This story made me miss my older sister who I love so dearly. I could identify with the “caring older sister”. My sister has always been there for me and she has taken care of me ALL the time.
The thing that spoilt it for me was that I kept picturing Maggie as Cameron Diaz and Rose as Toni Collette. That’s what happens when you read a book after it has been made into a movie.
# posted by Zette Remi @ 1:35 AM 
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WOW you read alot - I used to be just as voracious a reader but I've become so picky over the years :-/
Geetanjali - yes, I absolutely love reading. Actually I think I love it more because it's become such a soothing ritual. We both love reading and we spend atleast an hour reading in bed at night. We read aloud interesting parts of eachothers books once in a while. However, his taste in books is TOTALLY different.
Currently I am reading two books simultaneously (I hate doing that).
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Currently I am reading two books simultaneously (I hate doing that).
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