Review: A Dynamite Novel of Love, Lust, and Suburban Angst
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 12 26, 2013
Terry McMillan watch out! K. M. Jackson's Bounce is a witty, clear-eyed, raucous and romantic look at Sabrina Jacobs and the world she inhabits. The first person voice ends wonderful intimacy and immediacy to this tale of a suburban wife, mother and professional financial analyst who has it all. At least she thinks she does. When the cracks in her perfect life begin to widen and split, she has to question every decision she has made - and the big ones she needs to make now. Ensconced in a well-to-do suburban neighborhood, she's confronted with women seeking physical perfection, children's birthday parties replete with $10,000 entertainments, husbands with roving eyes and children's expectations. Bree is a tough lady, though, and when she plunges into her upturned world, determined to not just survive, but thrive, as she deals with her marital woes, makes new friends, and discovers that sometimes your dreams don't come true, sometimes a happily ever after takes a heck of a lot of work, and sometimes discovering new dreams is the key to happiness. A wonderful, fresh, funny, insightful voice and a marvelously entertaining book. This author is dynamite.