Hanging Up

This has to be one of the best books I've ever read. I've read it many times and the quality of Delia's writing is superb. From Eve's troubles with her father, to Georgia's nationally known magazine, to Maddy's consistent wrong choices, this is a book full of non-stop laughter and fun. Sometimes we get so caught up in work, that we're always on the phone and don't take the time to realize that we're missing the most important things in our lives. Sometimes, it is necessary to disconnect. This book has a great moral and you won't be able to put it down. Don't forget to check out the movie (Meg Ryan, Diane Keaton, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau). It's one of the best!

I loved "Hanging Up"! I found the characters to be very realistic in their emotional reactions to their situations. I can very much relate to Eve's allowing herself to be taken advantage of to such an extent. Also, her relationship to her sisters was aptly portrayed in that while she was talking to Georgia, she was the child seeking approval, but with Maddie, she tried to be the adult and expected her younger sibling to follow her guidance as she herself followed Georgia's. Each sister seemed to feel that no event in her life - no matter how important - had any merit until it had been shared with the others. It is very rare that I find a modern book that enjoy so well.

I have never read a novel that triggered so many emotions inside of me. I felt that someone had peeked into my life. I am the oldest of four sisters and I can only say that Ms. Ephron's family and mine are one in the same. I cannot tell you how emotionally vunerable I am at this time. I watched the movie last night and I cannot stop crying. Needless to say I have not learned to hang up or to disconnect. Our nightmare and frantic phonecalls are still going on. Our Dad is still with us (mimi strokes and divorce and crying for a very distant mother to each of us on a daily basis). This is actually more of a plea than a review. I felt so connected with this family. Is there somehow that I could actually let the author know how much the novel meant to me?

I thought this was a great funny read and I can just see Diane Keaton as Georgia, Meg Ryan as Eve and Lisa Kudrow as Maddy. Its not very often that I read a book and am laughing down to the bottom of my belly - I think that the way Delia Ephron deals with the lives of this family through the eyes of Eve was great fun and I really recommend this book, I hope she writes more adult fiction and I really look forward to the movie.