Another fun read from Bird--this time about an eccentric bunch of female grad students who live right across from a wild frat house and wage war on them...great story of female friendship

Wonderful, uplifting story about a young girl with a quadraplegic mom and a black caretaker; takes place during the 60s in Mississippi. Wonderful writing and story.

Good followup to "Supersize Me" and a great reminder that we are what we eat!!

Interesting story about a woman who abandoned her child and then reenters the child's life years later...

A couple agrees not to have any children when they marry, but then the man has second thoughts...good writing in a somewhat lightweight story

Interesting story of a quirky young woman who became a surrogate for her employer and her husband...colorful characters and story.

Light story about two women--a rich American homemaker and an accomplished English journalist--who switch lives for a month. Implausible, but fun.

Multilayered, bittersweet story about an Irish woman with a wacky family who loses her husband--deftly addresses the grief experience with light moments as well.

I had no idea that Alcott wrote this type of novel; apparently it was deemed to racy to publish during her life. Spunky heroine ends up with an abusive, sadistic older man, and she runs away from him. He's determined not to let her get away. Tragedy in the end, as many of these types of books are.

It took me awhile to get into the story. The characters were hard to relate to, and some were not well developed. I had a hard time sympathizing with Paige, who ran away from her baby. Her husband was even worse-- narcissistic and spoiled rotten. The book was poorly edited...what 3-month-old baby eats solids, and what 6-month-old baby talks? Disappointing.