Leaving the World by Douglas Kennedy

This book needs a good editor. It just goes on and on and on with all sorts of mind numbing detail, like how much the grocery shopping is and what she pays for a pair of shoes. I mean, who cares. This woman has all sorts of terrible things happen to her – a mother who hates her, a father who took off when she was a kid, dead lovers, lost jobs, blah blah blah, and in between she gets more and more morose. I think it’s supposed to be a story about life overcoming all but really ….. and yet, there are half a dozen reserves on this in the library at the moment. One star.