A perfect beach book that surprises and delights, makes you laugh and cry and sing 80s hair band music … there is nothing better than Lauren Weisberger’s new novel, Where The Grass Is Green And The Girls Are Pretty (Random House) to escape to a Paradise of sorts!
Sisters, Peyton and Skye have a close, brutally honest and tell-all relationship with each other, yet their lives have gone in different directions. Peyton, a flawless-looking TV morning show host in NYC with a supportive husband and teenage daughter, feels the pressure to keep up with the competition in all realms of her life, including her parenting. Skye, an ivy league graduate feeling stuck as a stay-at-home mom of a young adopted child in a fancy town, spends her time doing charity work, looking for meaning. Both have secrets so big they choose not to share, and when a scandal breaks out, the ripple effect is detrimental.
Inspired by her younger sister, Lauren Weisberger explores sisterly relationships along with helicopter parenting, secret-keeping and coming of age. She has a talent for writing dialog, keeping the reader engaged and laughing. Her comedic flair and outrageous snippets elicit feelings, opinions and reactions from readers, bringing them deeper into the story. From mentions of bathtub births, over-the-top dermatological procedures and the temple coat closet to renting chickens for the summer and feeding them vegetable risotto, I found so many things to ponder and chuckle at.
The imperfect and lovable characters verbalize our censored thoughts in a way that allows us to sigh in relief that someone had the guts to say it all out loud! The sisters’ relationships with each other and their mother were honest and real and when the secrets were divulged and all was forgiven with unconditional love it brought tears to my eyes. Where The Grass Is Green And The Girls Are Pretty is relatable, binge-worthy and oh, so much fun!
Jennifer Blankfein had the pleasure of talking with Lauren about her new book on the eve of publication at the Westport Library. You can watch that video interview here.
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About Lauren Weisberger:
Lauren Weisberger is the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada, which was published in forty languages and made into a major motion picture starring Meryl Streep and Anne Hathaway. Currently, Elton John and producer Kevin McCollum are adapting The Devil Wears Prada for the stage. Weisberger’s six other novels were all bestsellers, and her books have sold more than thirteen million copies worldwide. A graduate of Cornell University, she lives in Connecticut with her husband and two children.
