I love how detailed this author writes her characters. You feel like you know them, you feel like you see characteristics of people you know in them, therefore you really care about what happens to them.

Darcy has been single about three years. Her youngest son is a senior in highschool, her oldest son about to graduate college and head to graduate school...in the midst of all these big life changes, her oldest son proposes to his girlfriend. This leads to Darcy meeting and interacting with her exhusband's new girlfriend.

The new girlfriend jumps into the wedding planning and takes over in major ways. You'll probably be very happy if you don't know someone like her in real life.
When she's rude to Darcy, and she can be very rude to Darcy, you will rightfully be very irritated with her.

The scene is definitely set for a very interesting year of wedding planning and a very interesting wedding. ( )

This author was highly recommended on discussion boards at AAR. I enjoyed this very much. A quick read. ( )

Thoroughly enjoyed this book. Well written, but sometimes too well researched--the main charactor makes her own ketchup for a young boy with corn allergies. Also the main charactor is a RN in an emergency room, but we never see her at work. Nursing is a full time profession and a way of life. Nurses do not get time off. Seidel could have kept out many of the details and the book would still have been a good read. ( )

I adored Kathleen Gilles Seidel's A Most Uncommon Degree of Popularity so much I read it in one sitting and promptly bought a copy for my mother to read too. I was rather excited to see she had a new book out, although I'm still not sure why I didn't hear about it when it was published last spring. Keep Your Mouth Shut and Wear Beige is a delightful novel told from the perspective of Darcy, a recently divorced ICU nurse and mother of two, a senior in college and a senior in high school. The book takes its title from the advice given to the mother of the groom: keep your mouth shut and wear beige.

Although the story is told from the perspective of Darcy, Kathleen Gilles Seidel does a masterful job of understanding the perspective and motivations for actions of each of the characters. This feat is not easy; the book is less than three hundred pages and there are a considerable number of major characters. Keep Your Mouth Shut and Wear Beige is funny, smart and touching; the characters are endearing. I'm desperately hoping for a sequel, or at least another novel from Kathleen Gilles Seidel soon. I'm about to delve into the more romantic novels of her past as a current substitute. ( )

Mature chick lit at its best. Funny, warm and wise. A big thank you to my friend who recommended it! I've found a new favorite author! ( )