Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons - Lorna Landvik

Sometimes life is like a bad waiter- it serves you exactly what you don't want. The women of Freesia Court have come together at life's table, fully convinced that there is nothing that good coffee, delectable desserts and a strong shoulder can't fix. Laughter is the glue that holds them together- the foundation of a book group they call AHEB (Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons)- an unofficial club that becomes a lifeline.

The five women each have a story to tell. There's Faith, the newcomer, a housewife and mother who harbours a terrible secret; big, beautiful Audrey, the resident sex queen who knows that with good posture and attitude you can get away with anything; Merit, the shy doctor's wife with the face of an angel and the private hell of an abusive husband; Kari, a wise woman with a wonderful laugh who knows that the greatest gifts appear after life's fiercest storms; and finally, Slip, activist and adventurer, a tiny spitfire who looks trouble straight in the eye and challenges it to arm wrestle.

Holding on through forty eventful years- through the swinging Sixties, the turbulent Seventies, the anything- goes Eighties, the nothing's- impossible Nineties, to the present day- they take the plunge into the chaos that inevitably comes to those with the temerity to stay alive and kicking.

Review:
Ever thought you were alone and wondered why everyone else seems to have it so easy, truth is they don't and this book shows us how normal we really are. There is a touch of us all in this book whether it be present, past or future.