Sometimes I still cannot believe I am almost 30. It seems like when I was in school, teachers promised that as long as you studied hard, life would be easy as we would all have wonderful careers, good paying jobs and what successful career woman would have a problem finding a potential husband.
Teachers lied.
Exhibit 77301: Autobiography of a Fat Bride
Laurie Novato begins this memoir with the age old story of a runaway boyfriend, the twist being that he has literally runoff in a van with his ex.
Ok, maybe that's not much of a twist.
The twist may be the head of cornrows this white boy sports.
From there the reader is privy to an assortment of failed romances that result in marriage.
From there the novel changes. Although, there are several stories that follow Novato's marriage, these no longer follow a chronological order and have no common thread except that they are Novato's experiences. That aside, each story on it's own is pretty entertaining. From Novato's plans of a husbandly servant upon discovering "proof" of her husband's affair to the bi-polar relationship between the author and her mother, Novato continues to keep the stories coming reminding the reader that turning 30 something may not be as great as we hope but it does not have to be as bad,
I give this novel 4 out of 5 Coca Cola bottles.
Happy Reading!!
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