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Marrying Mom (Paperback)

by Olivia Goldsmith (Author)
3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Paperback: 208 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Ltd; New Ed edition (6 Jul 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0006499880
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006499886
  • Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,309,213 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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She's the despair of the family, she tries to run their lives and she just won't act her age. In fact there's only one way to get Mom out of her children's hair, but where are they going to find a deaf, dumb, old, blind, and above all, rich groom?

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3.0 out of 5 stars Promising, 3 Dec 2002
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Although the novel lacks the sparkle I believed to be present in the likes of Bad Boys, the story is well worth reading. The story centres on a heroine whose life is crumbling around her. She and her sibblings desperately need money and they decide the best way to fund that need is by marrying their mother off to a rich unsuspecting guy, hence the title. It sounds pretty corny and in some respects it is but there's a great deal more to the novel than you might expect. Goldsmith creates characters that allow her to explore various social issues and provides us with a conclusion that both surprises and pleases. The very fact that the novel is not predictable from the start is a novelty in itself.
However, although the central characters are likeable enough I found it difficult to empathise with them. The very fact that the heroine spends most of the novel trying to marry her mother off to increase her bank balance makes it almost impossible to sympathise with her plight. Goldsmith gets a way with this just though and the end result is an Olivia Goldsmith novel which may not dazzle but cannot help but bring a smile to your face.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Good Beach Read, 8 May 2000
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I have read all of Olivia Goldsmith's books and this is not up to the standard of First Wives Club and her other earlier titles. However, having said that it is still a good story and an easy-read. I would recommend it as a book to take away on holiday to read whilst relaxing on the beach.
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