by Jennifer Kaufman and Karen Mack
Nature lover Cassie Shaw is desperate for a decent job. Recently widowed and left virtually penniless by her loser husband Frank, she and her parrot have moved back home with her hippie mother. During her interview for a office position in the psychology department of the local college, Cassie lies about her education to get the job, claiming to have a psych degree from Michigan State. The truth is that she has dyslexia and never finished high school, much less college.
Nature lover Cassie Shaw is desperate for a decent job. Recently widowed and left virtually penniless by her loser husband Frank, she and her parrot have moved back home with her hippie mother. During her interview for a office position in the psychology department of the local college, Cassie lies about her education to get the job, claiming to have a psych degree from Michigan State. The truth is that she has dyslexia and never finished high school, much less college.
Of course, all of Cassie's lies eventually catch up with her, but not before she has developed close friendships with her fellow staff members and fallen in love with the best looking and most popular professor on campus, Dr. William Conner. For me, the story's low point has to be the demise of the most likeable character in the book: Sam, Cassie's beloved parrot, whose needless death feels like a cheap ploy to advance the plot and make Cassie sympathetic again, leading to the inevitable deliriously happy ending everyone saw coming a mile away.
I had high hopes for this book about an animal lover like myself. However, there is nothing very surprising or interesting about this mediocre "chick lit" novel. Sam, you deserved better; may you rest in peace.
I had high hopes for this book about an animal lover like myself. However, there is nothing very surprising or interesting about this mediocre "chick lit" novel. Sam, you deserved better; may you rest in peace.
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