Daisy Dooley Does Divorce


Fiction - Chick Lit
368 Pages
Reviewed on 08/30/2009
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Reviewed by Anne Boling for Readers' Favorite

Daisy Dooley is a character that you would want to have as your best friend. She is just fun and wacky. She is just as confused as the rest of us who do not want to admit we are confused. This is ironic, because she is a self-help addict. She is nearing her 40’s, divorced, without promise of a committed relationship, and childless. To Daisy, this is the epitome of failure.

To Jess, a free-spirited friend of Daisy, the single, childless life is the highlife. Why complicate life with love? Lucy, another friend, is the perfect suburban trophy wife and mother. However, Lucy is envious of Daisy’s freedom.

Are any of them truly happy? Will they all find love and themselves? Are the answers to love, life, and self-awareness in a self-help book? Most importantly, who is going to shag whom?

“Daisy Dooley Does Divorce” is addictive from the beginning. I began reading it on a treadmill, and I lost track of time. I have read at night with a pen light, as to not wake my husband. This is impossible to put down. Get your copy and take the journey to enlightenment Daisy-style.

Marla Martenson

I read this book in 2 days! I totally related to her characters, it was funny and heartwarming. And I love the cover! Anna Pasternak is a wonderful writer. Highly recommended.

P. O'Neill

Sure to be the read of the summer, not only is `Daisy Dooley Does Divorce' a source of hilarity and entertainment- it's also a source of
inspiration!

Daisy helps people to reassess their priorities in terms of what's truly important during the short time we have.

To me Daisy says:

Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to cultivate
self-awareness.

Don't live half way! Live madly...deeply...truly!

Don't be afraid to reach for your dreams for the costs are minimal compared to what you stand to gain!

Like the most gladdening of friends, everyone will find Daisy a true joy to know!

Debra Smouse

What can be worse than being almost forty and single? Being thirty-nine and divorced, that's what! Then again, when you marry just so you don't have to date any more, is it any great surprise that you end up living with your mother and her collection of dachshunds.

Daisy Dooley Does Divorce is a humorous look at a very real reality of so many women: divorced and alone, we find out who we really are - and what we want out of life. Daisy spends some time dating, finding a new job, bonding better with her friends, thinking about having a baby - and discovering a career focus are the daily trials and tribulations Daisy deals with along the way. And maybe, just maybe, Daisy will deal with the love that got away.

I found the book funny and a light read. It's not a serious how-to but just the kind of fluff I like to keep me company on a long flight....or while sitting at Starbucks with a cup of coffee. It's great if you don't take life too seriously...and if you do, maybe you need to take a cue from Daisy's lessons - and lighten up a little...