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I Was Told It Would Get Easier by Abbi Waxman
4.0
I have no clue how Abbi Waxman somehow create’s characters with whom I always relate, but she does.
Jessica and Emily Burnstein are mother and daughter. Jessica is in her early forties and a partner at her law firm. Emily is 16 and a Junior in high school. They seem to fight more than talk and both feel a disconnect from the other, though they don’t realize it. They embark on a Spring Break college tour and discover more about themselves and each other than they ever expected.
Ms. Waxman has a way of writing character driven novels with humor and depth. Her characters are so well formed, they just jump out of the book.
This is told from both perspectives in alternating chapters and the fourth wall is broken quite a bit leaving me feeling like I was either reading a journal they kept or just listening to them tell me about the tour. It’s a unique way of writing and one I absolutely love.
I so related to Jessica in the sense that I am in my early to mid forties and I have a teenage girl (3, actually). The relationship between mothers and their teen daughters is a mix of both tumultuous and loving and Ms. Waxman captured it beautifully.
I loved seeing the entire trip from both viewpoints because even though Jessica and Emily were together, they both saw the trip through a different set of eyes.
This book captured the lives of mothers and daughters so honestly and I so greatly appreciate that.
Jessica and Emily Burnstein are mother and daughter. Jessica is in her early forties and a partner at her law firm. Emily is 16 and a Junior in high school. They seem to fight more than talk and both feel a disconnect from the other, though they don’t realize it. They embark on a Spring Break college tour and discover more about themselves and each other than they ever expected.
Ms. Waxman has a way of writing character driven novels with humor and depth. Her characters are so well formed, they just jump out of the book.
This is told from both perspectives in alternating chapters and the fourth wall is broken quite a bit leaving me feeling like I was either reading a journal they kept or just listening to them tell me about the tour. It’s a unique way of writing and one I absolutely love.
I so related to Jessica in the sense that I am in my early to mid forties and I have a teenage girl (3, actually). The relationship between mothers and their teen daughters is a mix of both tumultuous and loving and Ms. Waxman captured it beautifully.
I loved seeing the entire trip from both viewpoints because even though Jessica and Emily were together, they both saw the trip through a different set of eyes.
This book captured the lives of mothers and daughters so honestly and I so greatly appreciate that.