G208 Book Review of Gracious Living Without Servants by Brenda Cronin
Name of Book: Gracious Living Without Servants Author: Brenda Cronin ISBN: 9780985233839 Publisher: Stoneslide corrective Type of book: 1991, widowhood, May/December romance, newspaper, investigation, reporter, wealth, Washington area Year it was published: 2013 Summary: Juliet has done the right thing all her life, and where’s it gotten her? She’s a thirty-year-old widow who’s had to move in with her parents. Things start to look up when her glamorous—but married and much older—neighbor Seth seems to be flirting with her and his wife helps her land a job at a local paper. Then she’s assigned to investigate Seth’s wife. Juliet is quickly immersed in lies, manipulation, and a deepening sex scandal. But she feels alive for the first time in a long time. Maybe she needs to do the wrong thing for once. Or maybe she’s headed for disaster. Characters: There's actually very little back-story on Juliet and her marriage. The reader is given only snippets here and...