This month's book club pick is a laugh-out-loud funny collection of short stories that I am truly envious I didn't write myself: "American Housewife" by Helen Ellis. For my birthday month, I really wanted to find something a) funny and b) I related to. This book is my spirit animal. I am newly(ish) a housewife, and really feeling my role as I applaud from the sidelines as my husband's new TV show takes off. I wrote recently about my third-life crisis on turning 30 (I only have 2 days left to tell people I'm "in my 20's!" Excuse me while I go cry and hyperventilate into a paper bag like the cliche I am.) And while I don't specifically relate to these ladies, especially the murderess or the kidnapper, I AM a lady who wears sunscreen even when it's cloudy, I love to lunch (and breakfast, brunch, snack and dinner), and I like to stallion walk like Beyonce when I'm alone. And I love anything this dark, clever, vicious, and above all, hysterical. It eviscerates womanhood/wifehood and lovingly embraces it at the same time, as only a smart lady can (brava, Helen Ellis. I want to know you.) I am OBSESSED...View Article
