As I was reading this book, I remembered that I didn't like the first book in the series, particularly because the characters were all whiny pains. Turns out that when people like that have a kid, their kid is also a rude. whiny, pain in the butt. I cannot imagine things ending well for me if I ever acted like Joy - but I was also not set up for (a lack of) success like her. Cannie continued to be flaky and just waited for someone she could blame for her problems/solve her problems for her.


Anyways, while I generally like Weiner as an author, I'm not sorry to see the back of Cannie and her host of problems. 

This book is sad when it should be lighthearted and lighthearted when it should be sad or emotional. The mother-daughter relationship made me want to scream and the end was so uncalled for...