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Loading... My Hollywood (edition 2010)by Mona Simpson (Author)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. I loved [b:Anywhere But Here|96861|Anywhere But Here|Mona Simpson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171355148s/96861.jpg|93362]. This one sounds just as good. paperback surprise bookbox; started strong, then dissolved into a mismash that was hard to follow. Essentially, it's about an LA couple who hires a live-in nanny during the week & she moonlights for another couple on weekends, meeting the other nannies in the park with the kids & sending $$ to her own family in the Philippines. I was angry and glad when I finished this book: glad that it was over and angry that I stuck with it. It was way too long and rambling. What struck me about both narrators, Lola and Claire, was that both sacrificed their children for either money or career, yet neither reaped the potential benefits and so it seemed everyone lost. I found no character who seemed engaged with life - it just seemed such a struggle and for what. This would be interesting to pair the The Help - what happens when you leave your children to an adult who you treat as disposable. no reviews | add a review
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Claire, a composer and a new mother, comes to Los Angeles so that her husband can follow his dream of writing television comedy. With Paul working all hours and Claire left with the baby, William, whom she adores but has no idea how to care for, they hire Lola, a fifty-two-year-old mother of five who works in America to pay for her own children's education back in the Philippines. Lola stabilizes the rocky household, and other parents try to lure her away. What she sacrifices to stay with Claire and William remains her own secret. No library descriptions found. |
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