Book Review: When It Happens To You By Molly Ringwald

I should have written this book review in November to keep up with my book-review-a-month blogging schedule, but work, life and Thanksgiving got in the way. I have kept up with my goal of reading a book every month, and this is one that you might want to put on your holiday “wish” list.

I was surprised when I saw a novel by Molly Ringwald on Amazon, and even more surprised when I found the free preview to be well-written and engaging.

The synopsis from Amazon:

When it happens to you, you will be surprised. That thing they say about how you knew all the time, but just weren’t facing it? That might be the case, but nevertheless, there you will be.

Molly Ringwald mines the complexities of modern relationships in this gripping and nuanced collection of interlinked stories. Writing with a deep compassion for human imperfection, Ringwald follows a Los Angeles family and their friends and neighbors while they negotiate the hazardous terrain of everyday life—revealing the deceptions, heartbreak, and vulnerability familiar to us all.

I may have bought this  book because I feel like I grew up with Molly Ringwald (Pretty in Pink, Sixteen Candles and The Breakfast Club were my coming of age movies), but I kept reading because When It Happens To You tells a great story, and leaves you wondering how you would act if it did.

Have you finished your 2012 reading list? 

What will you be reading in 2013?