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I'd previously read Shannon Yarbrough's novel "Are You Sitting Down?," which I was terribly impressed by.
This book is a lighter read. However, it's charming and real throughout, and the paradoxically fascinating thing about it is that Yarbrough is not afraid to make his main character look dull! Blaine is a St. Louis resident who at 32 hasn't done very much. He's not adventurous, he has his routines, and he's rather "stuck." How many of us are like this? Not all writers have the courage to reall ...more
This book is a lighter read. However, it's charming and real throughout, and the paradoxically fascinating thing about it is that Yarbrough is not afraid to make his main character look dull! Blaine is a St. Louis resident who at 32 hasn't done very much. He's not adventurous, he has his routines, and he's rather "stuck." How many of us are like this? Not all writers have the courage to reall ...more

May 11, 2009
Ralph Gallagher
marked it as to-read

