I’m Fine And Neither Are You by Camille Pagan
Audible Audiobook
Listening Length: 8 hours and 2 minutes
Program Type: Audiobook
Version: Unabridged
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Audible.com Release Date: April 1, 2019
Wife. Mother. Breadwinner. Penelope Ruiz-Kar is doing it all—and barely keeping it together. Meanwhile, her best friend, Jenny Sweet, appears to be sailing through life. As close as the two women are, Jenny’s passionate marriage, pristine house, and ultra-polite child stand in stark contrast to Penelope’s underemployed husband, Sanjay, their unruly brood, and the daily grind she calls a career.
Then a shocking tragedy reveals that Jenny’s life is far from perfect. Reeling, Penelope vows to stop keeping the peace and finally deal with the issues in her relationship. So she comes up with a radical proposal for Sanjay: both will write a list of changes they want each other to make—then commit to complete and total honesty.
What seems like a smart idea quickly spirals out of control, revealing new rifts and even deeper secrets. As Penelope stares down the possible implosion of her marriage, she must ask herself: When it comes to love, is honesty really the best policy?
Thoughts
Even though the synopsis is a bit misleading, I liked this book from start to finish.
The relationships between the two woman and their husband shows that when it comes to your friends, what you see with your eyes and hear with your ears can be misleading.
The two couples have real problems and struggles and it surprised me when I found out what was going on with Jenny. I liked that Penelope decided to make changes to hopfully improve her marriage, and I thought the author did a great job with the whole story. I enjoyed this book and I really liked the ending. And the title? I LOVE it!
The book is narrated by Amy McFadden who did a great job.
I love that title too. I’m glad to see the book is good.
A good cover picture and/or a good title always makes me want to check the book out!
Great to read this upbeat review. Glad you liked it Vicki; I’d like to try it.
I really liked it. I hope you do too if you decide to read it.
I have this one so after reading your take I’m excited to read it. Nice review!
I hope you like it as much as I did.
Sounds like a good book!
I really enjoyed it!
Great title, cover, and a recommendation from a trusted source… this needs to be on my list!
Thanks JoAnn! If you do decide to read it I hope you like it as much as I did!
I think I’d really enjoy listening to this one as well. Terrific review, Vicki!
Thanks Susan!
The title makes me smile – a play on words. Sounds like an interesting story.
It was interesting, I enjoyed it!
I love books about marriages. A friend recently wanted to talk to me about her dysfunctional marriage. I told her that I thought all marriages were dysfunctional in some way at some time. Takes the pressure off when you know nothing that looks perfect really is.
I love books about marriage too, and agree that all marriages are dysfunctional in some way.
I have the ebook of this one. It looks great!
I hope you get to it soo Yvonne, I’d like to know what you thought about it.