A heartwarming, hilarious novel for anyone who has ever had a family, from the author of Lift and Separate.After a lifetime of marriage, Marcy Hammer is ready to get herself unhitched—just as everyone else in her life is looking for a commitment. Her new boyfriend, Jon, wants to get serious, and her soon-to-be ex-husband, Harvey, is desperate to get back together. When her headstrong daughter … headstrong daughter announces a secret engagement to Harvey’s attorney, Marcy finds herself planning her daughter’s wedding as she plans her own divorce.
Now with two huge events on the horizon, the indomitable Marcy soon realizes that there’s nothing like a wedding to bring out the worst in everybody. From petty skirmishes over an ever-growing guest list to awkward confrontations with her sticky-fingered new in-laws, pulling off the wedding is going to be a challenge; seeing her divorce through is going to be a trial. And trying to make everyone happy might prove to be impossible—because in the end, Marcy alone must make a choice between something old and something new.
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This was the first book I read by Marilyn Simon Rothstein. It was a such a fun journey! Although it appears to be the second book with the same characters, it is not shown to be a “book 2” in a series. I read this book and understood it fully, without reading the first book written by this author, “Lift and Separate”. I do want to read her first book after the fun reading I had with “Husbands and Other Sharp Objects”.
The author has great character development. I truly felt like I knew these people in her book so well. The plots flowed wonderfully and I was so caught up in the story wondering what was going to happen next.
I loved the main character Marcy so much. She is a riot, speaking what she thinks at so many occasions. “Sometimes the truth just comes flowing out.” I want to be her friend.
She is separated from her husband and is trying to get along with him for her children’s sake. Their children are adults, but she does not want their lives to be split doing things with her and their father separately. She still wants them to have a full family. In doing this, she seems to put them before her happiness quite often. Her boyfriend, Jon, is an amazing person and I love him a little bit myself. Marcy and Jon are such a loving couple and it warmed my heart to see that Marcy has him as her rock and partner for the future.
Marcy has two unique women friends that are priceless. They are what every woman needs in their life. It was so great to experience their friendship in this story. A few characters, I want to give talking to and wake them up, but the fact that I was upset over them, shows that the story had me engrossed in it.
I felt akin to Marcy when she always heard her mother in her head. I understand that so well.
I enjoyed this book so much and I am so happy to have found a new-to-me author that I definitely will be reading in the future.
You don’t have to read Marilyn Simon Rothstein’s Lift and Separate to understand and appreciate this sequel. But I had thoroughly enjoyed that novel, so I was eager to read Husbands and Other Sharp Objects. As soon as I began reading, I found it to be a lighthouse, shining on all that makes us love and live, and, with its bright light, reminding us to laugh whenever we can — as well as to grieve and to worry when necessary.
The very first scene sets the tone for the rest of the novel, as we enter the world of the narrator, Marcy Hammer. She has been a shadow for a long time, and has just started to find out who she really is. We follow her as we learn about the vicissitudes in her current state of life, which she tells with a dose of humor that goes from a chuckle to an outright laughter. She is basically a worrier, and her narration of all the stages in her life is always revealing. The humor is based not only on plays on words but also on descriptions of people and places, on her thoughts, on what she wants to say but doesn’t — and we still read it. However, it is not all a bed of roses for Marcy. She learns how to deal with all the obstacles she finds on her way, slowly but surely.
The secondary characters are also perfectly described, and we get to know them all well enough to remember them. They add another dimension to the story, and help us understand Marcy better. We root for her, together with her friends, and share her happiness as well as her second chances. I felt like urging her to take them right away, as she deserves them!
I could give examples here, but it will be much better for you to read this novel. Then, you’ll thank me — as well as Marcy and Marilyn Simon Rothstein.
The chick lit I love but so much more: well-developed relatable characters and a plot that is more than girl meets boy and wants boy. Enjoyed that the protagonist was middle aged and so real.
Loved it