Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl

Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty Girl

Faye, protagonist of Carolita Blyth's Revenge of a Not-So-Pretty
Girl, and her chums, Caroline and Gillian resent the stuck up "pretty"
girls who seem to have everything going for them and to look down
their prefect noses at the rest of the world. They mug them, as much
for the joy of vengence as for any money they can take. One day they
take down an elderly former movie actress (a mean girl back in the day
they are sure). Only things go terribly wrong. The money she is
supposed to have stashed all over the apartment isn't there. And the
old woman falls to the floor, losing consciousness, possibly dead.
You'd think Faye would stay as far from the scene of the crime
as possible. That, however, is not how the story plays out.
Everything in her life is going wrong. Her despised religious
education teacher has been talking karma a little too much. So she
returns to the old lady's apartment to see if she's alive, not knowing
that this will be only one of many visits.
The thing is, though, Faye has more in common with Evelyn, the
senior citizen, than she does with her peers, Caroline and Gillian.
Faye is maltreated by a mother who seems to resent everything about
her. Evelyn has been estranged from her only child for decades due to
the way she behaved as a young movie star. This novel serves as a
coming of age journey for both of them.
If you don't get your hands on this fine book you'll be missing
out big time. And you'll have only yourself to blame.
On a personal note, the hubby and I are about to celebrate our 24th
anniversary today. Where did the time go? Doesn't hardly seem
possible we're closing in on a quarter of a century.
A great big shout out goes out to the hubby with whom I intend to
spend a lot more years on this earth.
Julia Emily Hathaway


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