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Can you say "scam?" And of course he never mentions anything to his wife, because why worry her? Won't she be thrilled when he earns a billion dollars from this investment?!?! I cannot believe how stupid he is. Is perfectly willing and ready to empty all his accounts and liquidate his assets in order to give 2.3 million dollars to people who are promising big returns on real estate. That doesn't matter! He's completely willing to risk his marriage and throw away everything in life on a whim! (view spoiler) He is married to a beautiful woman who still loves him and is sexually attracted to him. Even when other well meaning co-workers warn her about him, he writes them off as "jealous." Total idiot. He is completely oblivious to the fact that she is manipulating him.
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He idly wonders about what it would be like to make a life with her and he toys with the idea of having an affair with her. He makes up little fantasies (not icky) about her and wants to "protect" and "save" her from her (what he sees as crappy) life. Made cow eyes at a co-worker named Fernanda who is obviously manipulating him. He did the following things in the novel: This, ladies and gentlemen, is the biggest moron I have ever read about. Otherwise, the chapters flip between the other three. Stanley is mainly ignored throughout the novel, getting only one P.O.V. We've got a family of four: Avis, Brian and their two children Stanley and Felice. I could tell what kind of book this was going to be. As soon as I read it I heaved a big sigh. The above is the opening sentence of the novel. Oh, please! *rolls eyes* Spare me this kind of pseudo-philosophical garbage. chapter near th This book should be renamed: Morons Who Make Terrible Decisions.Ī cookie, Avis told her children, is a soul. A cookie, Avis told her children, is a soul. This book should be renamed: Morons Who Make Terrible Decisions. After five years of scrounging for food, drugs, and shelter on Miami Beach, Felice is now turning eighteen, and she and the family she left behind must reckon with the consequences of her actions-and make life-affirming choices about what matters to them most, now and in the future.more
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"A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at table." -Ron Charles, Washington Post At thirteen, Felice Muir ran away from home to punish herself for some horrible thing she had done-leaving a hole in the hearts of her pastry-chef mother, her real estate attorney father, and her foodie-entrepreneurial brot "A full-course meal, a rich, complex and memorable story that will leave you lingering gratefully at table." -Ron Charles, Washington PostĪt thirteen, Felice Muir ran away from home to punish herself for some horrible thing she had done-leaving a hole in the hearts of her pastry-chef mother, her real estate attorney father, and her foodie-entrepreneurial brother.