Posted on 10/05/08
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CHARLEY'S WEBBy Joy Fielding, Doubleday Canada, 432 pages, $29.95Charlotte (Charley) Webb is a columnist for a Palm Beach newspaper, single mother of two, with two successful (and disapproving) sisters, and one confused and possibly drug- addled brother. Add nasty neighbours (one has a fit of pique when Charley writes about her "passion party," where guests compare dildos instead of kitchenware), and a strained relationship with Mamma, who's back after running off with her girlfriend 20 years before, and you have a classic Joy Fielding character, star of her bestselling and much-loved novels.
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