{"id":261,"date":"2009-11-05T12:54:37","date_gmt":"2009-11-05T20:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/?p=261"},"modified":"2009-11-05T12:59:00","modified_gmt":"2009-11-05T20:59:00","slug":"julias-chocolates-chic-lit-at-its-finest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/?p=261","title":{"rendered":"Julia’s Chocolates: Chic Lit at its Finest"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Lit Ladies Book Club rallied from the difficult to digest Angela’s Ashes<\/em> last month, to the eat-it-up-quick-as-you-can Julia’s Chocolates<\/em>. Cathy Lamb channels The Secret Life of Bees<\/em> and The Ya-Ya Sisterhood<\/em> with this turn on a lost soul of tragic beginnings who finds her true self through the company of some very unique and extreme friendships.<\/p>\n

Lamb’s story centers on Julia. She is running away from a horrible past and even worse future. We get to witness her growth and awakening in the arms of her Aunt Lydia and a cast full of good friends, good neighbors and even good lovin’. \u00a0Lamb is at her best when she writes about the funny and endearing moments between the characters. \u00a0She peppers the book profusely with candid words, and most of the time it adds a nice punch to dialogue and the story. \u00a0The tension-filled moments don’t deliver as well because you just can’t believe in it. Julia’s fear of her “dreadful disease” and of ex-fiance Robert’s revenge seem too far-fetched. \u00a0This is Lamb’s own fault. We come to appreciate Julia as a thoughtful and intelligent woman. \u00a0So much so that even with allowing her battle-scarred insecurities to play a part, you just can’t quite believe she’d leave herself so vulnerable. \u00a0She’s so insightful with her friends, that she couldn’t be that blind to herself? Right? It’s kind of like watching the movie character walk into the dark house when the door was ajar and they hear footsteps inside. You’re shouting, “Are you an idiot? Don’t go in there! Who would EVER go in there?!” \u00a0That said (or shouted really), I enjoyed reading Julia’s Chocolates<\/em>. It made me wish I had an Aunt Lydia. It made me wish I lived in a small town. It made me want a stronger sense of community and an inspired sense of generosity toward family, friends and neighbors. \u00a0It’s chic lit at it’s finest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Lit Ladies Book Club rallied from the difficult to digest Angela’s Ashes last month, to the eat-it-up-quick-as-you-can Julia’s Chocolates. Cathy Lamb channels The Secret Life of Bees and The Ya-Ya Sisterhood with this turn on a lost soul of tragic beginnings who finds her true self through the company of some very unique and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-book-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=261"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":263,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261\/revisions\/263"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angie.windheim.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}