Women's Nook
So, here’s the thing … I loathe the term ‘chick lit’. I can’t begin to tell you how it makes me cringe. The expression just seems so, so … patronising. In order to avoid it I’ve simply avoided any book that looked as if it was in that genre. Until this past week that is. Now I realize that I’ve probably missed some good entertainment along the way
Stella Makes Good by Lisa Heidke is what it is – a ripping yarn for women (OK, ‘chick lit’ is a more apt description!), guaranteed to provide loads of discussion for bookclubs. Forget indepth analysis of plot and character, lingering descriptions of landscape as metaphor for this or that – this is a straight forward fast moving morality drama about the SHE’S:
What should she have done?
Should she tell her friend?
Why did she do that?
Did she say the right thing?
Was she really that fooled by him?
How will she get out of the mess she’s in?
Was she to blame?
When did she know?
Will she fall for him?
What was she thinking!
You get the idea …
Stella Makes Good is centred on the Upper North Shore of Sydney and takes the friendship of three women, in their mid-to-late thirties, as the basis for a series of events, after a girl’s night out, that embroil them in moral dilemmas and high drama
Unlike many books I’ve read, I finished Stella Makes Good in two days. A) because it’s a very easy read and B) yes, the plot enticed me to find out what happened next; what else could possibly happen …
With lots of topical issues (love, friendship, divorce, infidelity, trauma, drugs, children and ageing parents) and a fast tempo Stella Makes Good is perfect for a lazy day or two when all you want is to be entertained with a good story and more importantly, one that leaves you feeling that your life isn’t such a mess after all – especially if you stay away from the chardonnay
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