Book Review and Giveaway: Multiple Choice by Claire Cook

on February 02, 2011

** this giveaway is closed **

Synopsis: A midlife back-to-school adventure propels a suburban housewife into an unlikely radio career in Cook's third novel, set on the South Shore of Massachusetts. March Monroe is the spunky protagonist who left college life behind to marry a civil engineer named Jeff and raise a daughter and son while working as an aerobics instructor, party planner and finally a life coach. With Olivia off to college and Jackson not far behind, March finally takes her husband up on his longstanding offer to send her back to school. The degree requires an internship, and when March explores her limited options she finds herself inadvertently working together with Olivia as fellow interns at a local radio station.

Exploiting the friction between March and Olivia, handsome programming director David Callahan proposes that the two do a mother-daughter call-in show that quickly takes off and becomes popular. As the two work together and pull at each other, they find their mother- daughter bond.

About the Author: After decades of procrastination, I wrote my first novel in my minivan outside my daughter's swim practice at five in the morning. It was published when I was 45, and at 50 I walked the red carpet at the Hollywood premiere of the adaptation of my second novel. Midlife rocks! I love telling my story, because I think so many women (and a few good men!) have buried dreams like mine. My advice: dust them off and go for it!

A former teacher of physical fitness, including dance aerobics and open ocean rowing, as well as creative writing, I also wrote advertising copy for a now defunct shoe company (not my fault!) and worked as continuity director of a radio station. I live in Scituate, Massachusetts with my husband and dog, though my two borderline adult children and their laundry visit often.

You can visit me at http://ClaireCook.com, where you can read excerpts of all my novels and find book club questions, then head over to my Facebook author page, too. I'll be doing some fun giveaways leading up to publication day for Best Staged Plans (June 7 2011 release date)-- all you have to do is "like" the page to enter. Here's the link: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Claire-Cook/24954647610?ref=ts

And follow me at http://Twitter.com/ClaireCookbooks. I'll follow you back!

Review: If you have a child that is getting ready to leave for school, you'll really be able to relate to this book. If you have a pre-teen or teenage daughter, you may WANT to read this book, for the laughs and tears! Claire finds humor out of the everyday family life: the oldest child's leaving home, work flirtations, family pets, the generation gap, and overscheduled families. Having grown up with Erma Bombeck, I do find Claire like a modern day version of her!

This book is funny and real, and every wife will be able to relate to March's relationship with her husband. I think I read this book in about 6 hours! It's such a fun and quick read. Every mother will be able to relate to this story and have quite a few laughs along the way!

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Contest will end on February 15th, at midnight. Winner will be picked by Random Number (random.org) on February 16th, and emailed. As soon as winner's info is received, I will mail their book to them within the week!

Disclosure / Disclaimer: I bought this book, for my own reading pleasure, and donated it for this giveaway. No compensation, monetary or in kind, has been received or implied for this post. Nor was I told how to post about it either.