The Red Hat Club
by Haywood Smith
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Author: Haywood SmithEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN: 0312349548
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
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Book Review: CHURNING OUT DRIVEL FOR THE ALMIGHTY BUCK
Summary: 1 Stars
If you saw the movie First Wives Club when it came out in the mid 90's, there is very little reason to read The Red Hat Club. The themes are similar and Olivia Goldsmith did a much better job with First Wives than Haywood Smith has done with Red Hat. First Wives featured three divorced women who band together to wreak revenge on their husbands who left them for younger women. Red Hat features five married women, friends since high school, who band together to support each other through cheating husbands and other personal and marital mishaps.
The fact that the five ladies of Red Hat get "dolled up" once a month in purple outfits and red hats and "do lunch" is an obvious ploy meant to boost book sales. Since the REAL Red Hat Society has hundreds of thousands of members, Smith evidently sought to capitalize on this fact and most likely assumed that she would have a built in audience eager to spend their hard earned dollars on this bit of fluff.
I suppose the message the book was supposed to convey is that by making positive choices in their lives and supporting each other rather than tearing each other down, all women.....regardless of their age can lead stimulating, challenging and exciting lives. Unfortunately for Ms. Smith, other writers like Anita Diamant and Margaret Atwood have already sailed those waters and produced more clever, interesting and complicated characters whose stories are worth the reader's investment of time and money.
Recommendation: Life is short....eat dessert first! Oh yes, and skip The Red Hat Club!
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