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    More Like Her: A Novel

    By Liza Palmer

    3.5/5

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    A brilliant, hilarious, and touching story from the author of Conversations with the Fat Girl, Liza Palmer’s More Like Her is smart, funny, though-provoking women’s fiction in the vein of Emily Giffin, Marian Keyes, Meg Cabot, and Jane Green. More Like Her is the story of a seemingly perfect woman who’s the envy of her friends, neighbors, and co-workers…until the life of the object of their jealousy spectacularly, unexpectedly, and disastrously explodes. A novel of secrets, disappointments, false impressions—and what really goes on behind those suburban picket fences—More Like Her is ultimately about facing reality and appreciating everything that life has to offer.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateApr 17, 2012
    ISBN9780062101471
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    More Like Her: A Novel
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    Liza Palmer

    Liza Palmer is the internationally bestselling author of Conversations with the Fat Girl, Seeing Me Naked, A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents, More Like Her, and Nowhere but Home. An Emmy-nominated writer, she lives in Los Angeles, and is hard at work on her next novel and several film and television projects.

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    Reviews for More Like Her

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    • 3/5
      Sappy, cute beach read.
    • 4/5
      There is an underlying sadness about this book, which deals with a shooting at a private school of the seemingly perfect principal by her crazed husband. The teachers deal with this tragedy as well as their own love lives. Maybe I like my chick lit more frothy.
    • 4/5
      I am a big Liza Palmer fan and was excited to read this book. I enjoyed it and love her writing style as usual. However, this is not a "feel good" novel and if you are only into "chick lit", I would give it a pass. Other than that, it was great
    • 4/5
      More Like Her, by Lisa Palmer grabbed me from the first sentence on the first page and didn't let me go until the very end. Even though a major plot point is revealed both on the back of the jacket in the description and in the Prologue, it still shocked me when it happened because of how well it was written. The story of what these friends go through before and after the event is at times gut-wrenching, and at times hilarious. Highly recommended.
    • 4/5
      Thank you, HarperCollins Publisher, for the copy. I, too, thought it would be a chick-lit book, but it turned out to be a fantastic read with lots of discussion topics (I would recommend for a book club). It was very well-written and more down-to-earth than I expected. Things certainly aren't always as they seem! Just because someone looks like they have it all doesn't mean she has a perfect life. This is also a great story about friendship.
    • 4/5
      Look at the cover of More Like Her…three friends, legs crossed, high heels. Total chick-lit. Summary? Girl loses boy, gets new boss, girl meets other boy. Total chick-lit. I read one novel by Liza Palmer before this one, Conversations with a Fat Girl. Great book. Great writer. Total chick-lit. What’s my point? Oh, Liza Palmer pulled a fast one on us.This starts as a classic novel about a few girlfriends and failed romance and turns into one of the best contemporary works of fiction I have read in a while. This novel is anything but typical. Ms. Palmer took a boy meets girl story and laced it with shock and tragedy. I knew from the summary there would be death. What I didn’t know was how it would come to fruition. It wasn’t what I expected. I was as stunned to experience it as the characters in the novel. It caught me off guard, I was genuinely shocked. I love that in a novel.Frannie, our protagonist, shares her story with us in a voice that is refreshing and honest. A key plot point is her breakup with the perfect Ryan and subsequent blooming romance with architect Sam. This has the perfect funny debacles of romance characteristic of chick-lit. Frannie thinks too much, at times analyzing things to an exasperating level. She relies on her friends for guidance and support, and they give both with wisdom and with comedy. I was especially drawn to Jill, she reminded me of my BFF Roe. Ms. Palmer gives the reader multi-faceted characters. There was more to Frannie than her love life. And it’s this other part of her that gets tested, what shines in the face of this disaster. One would think romance and tragedy couldn’t coexist in the same story, but they do. And that’s the beauty of More Like Her, Ms. Palmer weaves them together organically. There are two blemishes in this otherwise perfect novel. The first is that the ending was just a bit too conventional. I loved it, but for some reason it felt off. The second is the synopsis of this novel does not do it justice. Lisa does not come across as too career-focused, if anything she is the one whose heart is most opened to finding, giving and receiving love. Jill’s recent unexpected pregnancy isn’t revealed until the last 50 or so pages of the novel. This knowledge robs the reader of the surprise and makes us think it is a major plot point when in reality it is relatively insignificant.Those two things aside, this novel is a page turning powerhouse. I was riveted to the end.
    • 3/5
      I read Liza Palmer's previous book A Field Guide to Burying Your Parents a few years ago and really enjoyed it. From the cover, I was expecting a 'chick lit' type of read, but the opening prologue is a 911 call detailing a shooting at the Markham School. We then meet Frannie in the opening chapter. She's a teacher at the Markham School. She's also just come through a nasty breakup with her boyfriend, also a teacher at the school. We're introduced to Jill and Lisa, Frannie's sidekicks. Palmer provides lots of light hearted banter and situations to open the novel. But underneath it all is Frannie's desire to be what's she's not, to have what she doesn't. Just like Emma, the new director of the school, who seems to have it all. Frannie laments..."I'm not the girl men choose."But it turns out that Emma's life is not all that perfect. Palmer explores lots of areas in More Like Her - bullying, domestic abuse, marriage and self searching. As Frannie puts it - the search for the Real Me. I enjoyed the interaction between the main characters (although I thought Lisa became a 'bestie' awfully quick) Funnily enough, the character I enjoyed the most was Sam - the object of Frannie's desire. I found Frannie to be a bit exhausting. You might know her - she's the one who has to slice, dice and dissect every last situation and detail, wringing nuance from inflections, tones and glances and discussing them over and over again. I enjoyed Frannie's introspective look at finding her real self, but found myself growing tired of the repetition. I wish there had been more focus on Emma and her situation. Those looking for a traditional chick lit book won't find it here. But, those looking for a contemporary women's fiction read that explores the green grass on the other side of fence will
    • 4/5
      Add one more person to the list who must say "this book took me by surprise" I was loving the quick banter between Frannie and her friend Jill. The introspective thinking Frannie was doing about herself and her relationships was spot on. Then the tragedy hits! I can't believe I had forgotten that it was going to happen. When it did I was taken aback. My first thought was, this was not the story I wanted to read right now. The second was, oh yeah, I was warned. I feel like she dealt with it in a mature way. Sometimes maybe too many feelings. I also feel like the relationship with Lisa was too close too quick. But I guess that happens sometimes when people go through a tragedy together.All in all I think it was a good book. Very well written, and I will recommend it to friends. I will be looking for more by Liza Palmer for sure.
    • 4/5
      I have to admit, this story took me by surprise. What started out as a run-of-the-mill chick-lit story turned in to so much more by mid-book. Frannie and her friend Jill work together at a prep school as speech therapists, and both become quick friends with Lisa. The new headmistress, Emma, seems like someone Frannie can't decide if she wants to be jealous of or be friends with, so she kind of does both. I must say that, although at times it made the story believable and more relateable, the dialog was sometimes stilted and hard to follow. I would say I enjoyed this book a lot and would probably read more by Liza Palmer in the future.
    • 3/5
      This book started off in a mostly light and jovial tone, with just a dash of self deprecation from main character Frannie – typical chick lit - and then BAM! It takes a turn that you just don’t see coming, and what follows seems like a different story altogether. Everything gets much more serious, suddenly. After that I just couldn’t put it down; I had to know what was going to happen with Frannie (awful name, by the way) and her love interest, Sam. Unfortunately the majority of their interactions leave a lot to be desired, and the ending is predictably dull.I found the dialog difficult to follow at times as it is full of inside jokes and just a general sort of "shorthand" between the characters ... characters, who, I might add, JUST met. The relationships between the women seem to move unrealistically fast just for the sake of the plot.I’m nitpicking, really; the story was interesting and bravely covers aspects of domestic abuse not often tackled.Also, throughout the book Frannie has some truly thought provoking and resonating insights. One of my favorites: “Maybe I spend so much time and energy hiding behind walls I never realized that people will stop looking after awhile.”
    • 4/5
      It's not that often that a book takes me so completely by surprise, but this book really did. What starts out as a fairly typical story in women's fiction goes to places I never expected. It is not a perfect book, nor is it completely believable, but it is a riveting story and it really made me think about both the trivialities of life and separating that from the big, important stuff. I will definitely look for more work by Liza Palmer. She really knows how to craft a story. In some ways she reminds me of Ann Tyler and I would recommend this book to Ann Tyler fans as well as Laura Kasischke fans.
    • 3/5
      This was an ok book. Some of the characters need a slap at times, but for the most part they seemed to have genuine relationships and interactions with each other. I do like this author and would probably read another of her books. Worth the read, wouldn't read again.
    • 2/5
      Francis Reid is a speech therapist at (what sounds like) a K-12 prep school. She has two friend, Jill and Lisa and is becoming friendly with the new head mistress, Emma until Emma (and all of them) go through a devastating and deadly ordeal.I did not enjoy this book at all. I wanted to smack Francis too many times. I didn't think that the synopsis on the back of the book described anyone's situation at all. Francis got dumped spectacularly? Lisa is so career oriented she doesn't have time for a family? Jill's unexpected pregnancy? Francis's boyfriend left her for someone else, Lisa sounded more like a major flirt desperate for man than too busy to have time for a family and Jill's unexpected pregnancy didn't come up until almost the end of the book.
    • 2/5
      Francis Reid is a speech therapist at (what sounds like) a K-12 prep school. She has two friend, Jill and Lisa and is becoming friendly with the new head mistress, Emma until Emma (and all of them) go through a devastating and deadly ordeal.I did not enjoy this book at all. I wanted to smack Francis too many times. I didn't think that the synopsis on the back of the book described anyone's situation at all. Francis got dumped spectacularly? Lisa is so career oriented she doesn't have time for a family? Jill's unexpected pregnancy? Francis's boyfriend left her for someone else, Lisa sounded more like a major flirt desperate for man than too busy to have time for a family and Jill's unexpected pregnancy didn't come up until almost the end of the book.
    • 5/5
      I don't know how to write a review of this book without sounding like I'm a gushing fan. Probably because I am. I love Liza Palmer's writing. She writes with gut-wrenching honesty, intense passion and hilarious wit. The emotion in More Like Her is brutal at times, but there's a grace about it that isn't found in a lot of chick lit, or popular literature at all for that matter. The characters experience life as life is experienced- there's a feeling of reality and genuineness, like I could meet Francis and Jill and Lisa and Emma in my neighborhood or at my office. Liza Palmer speaks to women of this age, in all our complexity and insanity. When I read her work, I know that someone out there understands exactly what it's like to be in my shoes, and in the end, isn't that what we all want, to know we aren't alone? I want to give this book to all my girlfriends, the ones that I pour my heart out to, because I know that they'll find themselves in this book, too. Bravo, Liza! Thank you for your courage, your heart, and for sharing your immense talent.