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I Was Told It Would Get Easier

door Abbi Waxman

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Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Jessica and Emily have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it's a last-ditch effort to get excited about her future, because every day in the present feels like such a slog. Can't she just skip straight to the adulting part? It looks so much easier . . . at least on social media. For Jessica, it's a chance to bond with the daughter she seems to have lost. They used to be so close, but then Goldfish crackers and Play-Doh were no longer enough of a draw. She isn't even sure if Emily likes her anymore. To be honest, Jessica isn't entirely sure she likes herself. Together with a dozen strangers - and two familiar enemies - Jessica and Emily travel the East Coast, visiting one prospective college after another, meeting up with family and old friends along the way. Surprises and secrets test their relationship and, in the end, change it forever.… (meer)
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I just adore Abbi Waxman. That's all I can say.. I don't have kids, can't even imagine how complicated it must be as a single mom with a teenage girl getting ready to leave for college nowadays. Can't even relate to any of it, as far as my own life.

So why am I reading stuff about lives so different from mine?? Because she is hilarious, wise, fascinating, and she just grabs the reader and never lets go. LOVE her characters, love her use of POV (which I am usually not a fan of switching around), and the slow unfold of what is really going on.

Thank you, Abbi Waxman, for another nearly sleepless night, gobbling down your delicious conclusion.

You are a master of "Show, don't tell." ( )
  BethOwl | Jan 24, 2024 |
Mom and daughter relationships are never simple, especially during the teenage years. This was a nice story about a mom and daughter on a college tour that includes a wide range of issues that moms and daughters encounter. ( )
  wallace2012 | Nov 4, 2023 |
Cute ( )
  cathy.lemann | Mar 21, 2023 |
I adore adore adore Abbi Waxman, but I don't think she should try and write a YA novel because Emily's side of things felt quite forced. Otherwise, this was witty and brillianty plotted and heartwarming. ( )
  whakaora | Mar 5, 2023 |
I laughed out loud while reading [b:Other People's Houses|56514908|Other People's Houses|Abbi Waxman|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1609590405l/56514908._SY75_.jpg|57190071] so I was eager to read everything she wrote. Abbi's a mother of three children and with the exception of this one, all her stories are of suburban, carpooling mothers with young children. With this book, the story is of a single hard working mother whose teen daughter Emily, will be graduating high school. Chapters toggle back and forth with the POV from both of them. With the premise established, they fly to the east coast for a group college tour. As typical, Emily is weary of school like most teens so she's anything but attentive. As luck would have it, one of the mothers is a trophy wife with an opinionated snarky daughter that at first tangles with Emily, only to. befriend her days later. The repetitive nature of chapters, coupled with lackluster humor was disappointing to say the least. Put simply, if the reader happens to be a mother with teens, it may be worthwhile, but I can't recommend it otherwise. Nice try Abbi, but this one just doesn't fly. ( )
  Jonathan5 | Feb 20, 2023 |
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Stuck in a bus full of strangers, mother-and-daughter duo Jessica and Emily Burnstein watch their carefully mapped-out college tour devolve into something they never expected. Jessica and Emily have very different ideas of how this college tour should go. For Emily, it's a last-ditch effort to get excited about her future, because every day in the present feels like such a slog. Can't she just skip straight to the adulting part? It looks so much easier . . . at least on social media. For Jessica, it's a chance to bond with the daughter she seems to have lost. They used to be so close, but then Goldfish crackers and Play-Doh were no longer enough of a draw. She isn't even sure if Emily likes her anymore. To be honest, Jessica isn't entirely sure she likes herself. Together with a dozen strangers - and two familiar enemies - Jessica and Emily travel the East Coast, visiting one prospective college after another, meeting up with family and old friends along the way. Surprises and secrets test their relationship and, in the end, change it forever.

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