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In Jane Green’s delicious novel, the Other Woman is the mother-in-law. Ellie thinks she’s found the perfect man in Dan, and she loves being accepted as part of his close-knit family. Until she begins to realize that Dan’s mom, Linda, is a little to oinvolved. Dan and Linda talk on the phone every day. Twice a day. And then, as Dan and Ellie’s intiiate civil wedding ceremnoy gets transformed into a black-tie affair, Ellie begins to wonder if it’s possible to marry the man without m arrying his mother. As troubles mount, Ellie turns to her friends – glamourous Lisa and wonderfully frazzled Trish – and tries to rediscover the independence she once had, and the man she still loves. But it seems that having a child and saving a marriage means growing up in ways she’d never imagined…
I really enjoyed this book. It was a quick read, easy to put down and come back to, but most of all really made you think. As a mother of three boys, I am very aware that I will BE the mother-in-law someday. But I also have a mother-in-law today and know what things bug me and just about put me over the edge. What I mostly found from this book is that no matter what you do as a mother-in-law or daughter-in-law the relationship will always have hiccups. I think it has to do with maturity. There is a sense of wanting to figure out things for yourself when you are newly married or have a new baby. And although the mother-in-law is wanting to help, it isn’t perceived that way. It’s a really tough dilemma but this book touches nicely on both sides with a little bit of comic relief along with it. My biggest pet peeve about the husband in this book is that he would never stick up to his mom, no matter what she did. His opinion was that if his wife had an issue with his mother, then she should be the one to take it up with her. Dr. Phil followers know that he says the opposite. The child of the inlaw should be the one sticking up for the spouse and handling any issues…I like that much better. Cause after all, no matter what you say to your parents, they will always love you unconditionally, but the inlaws…not so much 
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