#628 The Life You Live (May Not Be Your Own)- J. California Cooper
It took Molly forty-four years, one marriage and a lot of mistakes before she came to love herself. She had been living with lies and lying men all her life. It had nearly ruined her life.
Her best friend growing up, Belle, moved in next door to her after not seeing each other for twelve years. But before they got back together as friends, the husband comes over and tells her that Belle never liked her at all. Taken aback, she doesn’t inquire further, so the two live next door for many years and never talk. After Belle’s husband dies, they both realize it was him that kept them apart.
At the same time as her and Belle reuniting as friends, she thought her marriage was OK, but one day he upped and left. Now the two recently liberated woman find a way to live free and happy without the lies men tell to imprison them.
I like the female empowerment message, but I find everyone in here to be a bit a caricature. There is little nuance at all in this story, and thus little real emotion.
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