Book Review: When life gives you Lululemons by Laura Weisberger
Read this book if you are looking to not tax your brain and a happy place to be in. Pick it up if female friendship and solidarity brighten your day and lift your spirit. Read it if you have or crave friends who stick with you and don't falter in calling out your self-harming (if any) games.
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Sassy and charming, as well as a social commentary of sorts that the over-the-top setting of the book would allow, When Life Gives You Lululemons by Laura Weisberger of the Devil Wears Prada fame, was a 'New York Times Bestseller' and among Best Books of Summer 2018. I don't remember how I got to it but am I glad that I did. It is a light read, pacy and with a kickass heroine and co-heroines who are all set to bring down a man who has set up one of these three friends.
If you have read either of the two Devil Wears Prada books or seen the movie then you will be familiar with Emily Charlton (played by Emily Blunt in the movie), the former first assistant to the editor of the Runway magazine Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep in the film). Here Emily has quit Runway and has become a sought-after image consultant. But times are changing and new competition is nipping her heels. She now needs a solid client and a big opportunity to re-establish herself in the game now. When she is shown the door by the client whose agent summons her to New York for some damage control, she lands at the door of her friend Miriam Kagan, an attorney turned stay at home suburban mum of three.
Miriam enlists Emily's help for another friend, an ex Victoria's Secret model Karolina Hartwell, who has been charged with a false DUI and has realised that it was ploy set up by her senator-husband to get rid of her. Karolina and Emily have known each other from Runway and in no time Emily, Miriam and Karolina tackle marriage, pregnancy, parenting, friendship and body issues with the aid of humour, liquor and lots of money. Pick it up to know how they do it!
The novel mocks the milieu in which it s sort of and does it very well. The writing is sharp and witty. The characters have depth and width both in terms of how they evolve and reach by the end of the novel. The cast members stay true to their characters all through and that is what makes it somewhat nicer to me. There aren't things that they do that go against their grain like Emily taking Miriam's daughter with her to the city, on the pretext of a girls' day out, to get Miranda Priestly (yes, she makes a guest appearance) into helping her and Karolina.
Read this book if you are looking to not tax your brain and a happy place to be in. Pick it up if female friendship and solidarity brighten your day and lift your spirit. Read it if you have or crave friends who stick with you and don't falter in calling out your self-harming (if any) games.
Sassy and charming, as well as a social commentary of sorts that the over-the-top setting of the book would allow, When Life Gives You Lululemons by Laura Weisberger of the Devil Wears Prada fame, was a 'New York Times Bestseller' and among Best Books of Summer 2018. I don't remember how I got to it but am I glad that I did. It is a light read, pacy and with a kickass heroine and co-heroines who are all set to bring down a man who has set up one of these three friends.
If you have read either of the two Devil Wears Prada books or seen the movie then you will be familiar with Emily Charlton (played by Emily Blunt in the movie), the former first assistant to the editor of the Runway magazine Miranda Priestly (Meryl Streep in the film). Here Emily has quit Runway and has become a sought-after image consultant. But times are changing and new competition is nipping her heels. She now needs a solid client and a big opportunity to re-establish herself in the game now. When she is shown the door by the client whose agent summons her to New York for some damage control, she lands at the door of her friend Miriam Kagan, an attorney turned stay at home suburban mum of three.
Miriam enlists Emily's help for another friend, an ex Victoria's Secret model Karolina Hartwell, who has been charged with a false DUI and has realised that it was ploy set up by her senator-husband to get rid of her. Karolina and Emily have known each other from Runway and in no time Emily, Miriam and Karolina tackle marriage, pregnancy, parenting, friendship and body issues with the aid of humour, liquor and lots of money. Pick it up to know how they do it!
The novel mocks the milieu in which it s sort of and does it very well. The writing is sharp and witty. The characters have depth and width both in terms of how they evolve and reach by the end of the novel. The cast members stay true to their characters all through and that is what makes it somewhat nicer to me. There aren't things that they do that go against their grain like Emily taking Miriam's daughter with her to the city, on the pretext of a girls' day out, to get Miranda Priestly (yes, she makes a guest appearance) into helping her and Karolina.
Read this book if you are looking to not tax your brain and a happy place to be in. Pick it up if female friendship and solidarity brighten your day and lift your spirit. Read it if you have or crave friends who stick with you and don't falter in calling out your self-harming (if any) games.
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