by Susan Isaacs
5 out of 5 stars
"Judith Singer is back! After twenty years, Susan Isaacs brings us back the heroine from Compromising Positions, her first and most beloved novel..."
And the most exciting part of that back cover marketing for me? There is actually another novel with Judith that I can read cover-to-cover and LOVE.
This novel is just amazing. The story is so complex, yet Judith is so simple. And perfect. And messed up. Isaacs is a genius. Her descriptions of each character are beautiful and her writing is different from anything I've read. The closest I can come is another author I love, Maria Semple.
She describes the characters, large or small parts, in a way that makes my mouth water and gives me chills because it's just so good and so different:
"She had the voice of a more imposing woman, the contralto the Statue of Liberty would have if she could speak..."
"...with lackluster eyes and nostrils the diameter of the average garden hose, she wasn't particularly pretty..."
"In looks, she was the picture of good-natured simplicity, reminding me of the Strawberry Shortcake doll my daughter used to have...pinchable, fat cheeks and ridiculously red hair."
"...her deltoids rising, to say nothing of her triceps and biceps brachii. She was such a perfect specimen that, except for the covering of ehr dark brown skin, she might be the model for one of those charts of striated muscle the teacher pulls down in high-school biology."
If you, yourself, don't find genius there, read another book. You'll be missing out on this, complicated story-lines amazing enough that you'll think SHE did it, and self-depricating humor that will make you LOVE Judith Singer, make you wish YOU were her best friend, not Nancy.
Usually I am in to some sex - not here; some major gore - not here; something you wouldn't let your teenager pick up - not here. This is just pure good. I love it. LOVE it!
5 Stars and then some.
Genre Literature & Fiction
URL https://www.goodreads.com/susanisaacs
Susan Isaacs is a recipient of the Writers for Writers Award and the John Steinbeck Award. She serves as chairman of the board of Poets & Writers and is a past president of Mystery Writers of America. She is also a member of the National Book Critics Circle, The Creative Coalition, PEN, the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the International Association of Crime Writers, and the Adams Round Table. She lives on Long Island with her husband.