The Daddy Clock

Very enjoyable and light ; the kind of book I wish there were more of just for a little enjoyment away from all the deep thoughts we have to indulge today. These characters became my friends as I read. I can't wait for Judy's next book and hope it will be just as enjoyable. Also hope she is working on a third novel.

This was a great book - very funny and romantic and the characters were all very real. I'd definitely recommend.

I read this book last night in one sitting. It was like watching a great romantic comedy movie, I felt it would all turn out happy in the end, I just didn't know how I was going to get there. I spent the next hour trying to cast it as a movie. Charlie is a special guy, who could he be? Paul Reiser? George Clooney? Tom Hanks?, I'll just wait and see how Hollywood does it. For Charlie's parents, Sophie and Abe, I visualized Paul's parents from "Mad About You. This is a charming story, great secondary characters. I will recommend it to my friends.

"The Daddy Clock" is an enjoyable story that is as touching as it is amusing. The lead characters of Charlie Feldman and Lacey Gazzar are drawn with affection, sympathy and a touch of acerbic wit that lifts this story of "right person, poor timing" to a higher level of sophistication that one might have expected. The dialogue is clever without being overly "precious", and both characters strike me as "down-to-earth" people doing their best to find personal happiness. The secondary characters are also sharply written, though more attention was given to characters who are friends of Lacey's rather than Charlie. I guess that was a necessary move on the part of the writer -- Charlie is the more sympathetic of the two, and Lacey needs the support to round out her viewpoint in the story. A great read -- one that I recommend, and I can see it as a movie already; something along the lines of the late 1980's "Parenthood" with Steve Martin, crossed with a touch of "Sleepless in Seattle".