Review: You know that funny friend you look for at dull mom parties? Here she is in book form.
By Elisabeth Egan April 1 at 8:00 AM Some women spend their whole lives searching for the perfect black dress or the best waterproof mascara. I am not one of them. I’ve spent my adult life prowling bookshelves for the modern day reincarnation of my favorite authors — Nora Ephron, Erma Bombeck, Jean Kerr and Laurie Colwin — all rolled into one. It’s a tall order. These writers were masters of spinning extraordinary stories from life’s ordinary details.
My favorite part of the book — the second half — begins with “The Expat Concept,” where Philpott, her husband and their young kids temporarily relocate from Atlanta to Dublin. This is where she runs into the truth behind the adage, “Wherever you go, there you are.” As she puts it, “Our daily lives had not transformed with our relocation, except perhaps to get a bit lonelier.” Anyone who has spent time with toddlers can relate to the tedium of the routine, and also the necessity of it.
Now, I don’t want you to get the impression that Philpott is a sad sack. She’s refreshingly honest and very funny, especially when, at a much-anticipated kid-free dinner party, she finds herself in an endless “momversation” on the subject of chicken salad. Boiled or baked? Shredded or chopped? Grapes or no grapes? To salt or not to salt? I chortled as Philpott fumed through dinner: “I had to concentrate to keep from shaking my head no no no, to keep from yelling, SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP. . .
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