Liddy James is one of New York's top divorce attorneys, a bestselling author and mother of two. What's her secret to having it all? "I don't do guilt!" Her ex-husband, however, isn't quite as happy. He has a new partner, Rose, but the two of them are entangled with Liddy, seeing as he and Liddy share custody of one of their children. Their system seems to be working...however, when Rose announces she is pregnant and Liddy starts to have problem upon problem of her own, it becomes clear that Liddy's days as a guilt-free woman may be over.
I wanted to like this book more than I did. The story could have been more interesting, but I found the characters to be uninspiring. Overall, they seemed to take each other so much for granted that I found them unsympathetic. Rose seems pretty nice, but when I got to the part where she was dumbstruck upon realizing that Liddy has been basically paying for all of Rose and Peter's bills (and all of the children's schooling), I didn't quite like her very much. I didn't really care for Liddy, and I also didn't care too much about what happened to her. I stuck with the story, but by the end, was happy to move on to my next book.
The summary from the publisher says "Fun, fearless, and full of heart, The Real Liddy James takes a fresh look at the balancing act every family performs." I didn't find this book fun, and while I appreciated some of the storyline, I didn't think this reflected the usual balancing act that families deal with. Maybe it's just me, but I don't know anyone like Liddy, who relies on her ex-husband and her ex-husband's partner, to take care of most of her parenting responsibilities and seems to blithely just go through life without accepting any real responsibilities. I believe there are readers who will enjoy this book; unfortunately, it's not the book for me.
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