California Girls

By: Susan Mallery

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

The California sunshine’s not quite so bright for three sisters who get dumped in the same week…

Finola, a popular LA morning-show host, is famously upbeat until she’s blindsided on live TV by the news that her husband is sleeping with a young pop sensation who has set their affair to music. While avoiding the tabloids and pretending she’s just fine, she’s crumbling inside, desperate for him to come to his senses and for life to go back to normal.

Zennie’s breakup is no big loss. Although the world insists she pair up, she’d rather be surfing. So agreeing to be the surrogate for her best friend is a no-brainer—after all, she has an available womb and no other attachments to worry about. Except…when everyone else, including her big sister, thinks she’s making a huge mistake, being pregnant is a lot lonelier—and more complicated—than she imagined.

Never the tallest, thinnest or prettiest sister, Ali is used to being overlooked, but when her fiancé sends his disapproving brother to call off the wedding, it’s a new low. And yet Daniel continues to turn up “for support,” making Ali wonder if maybe—for once—someone sees her in a way no one ever has.

But side by side by side, these sisters will start over and rebuild their lives with all the affection, charm and laugh-out-loud humor that is classic Susan Mallery.

Don't miss New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery's heartwarming summer novel, The Summer Book Club, where conversations over a glass of wine turns into something much more in this journey of motherhood, friendship and love.

Get lost in more beach reads by Susan Mallery:

• The Summer Book Club - Coming February 2024!
• The Happiness Plan
• The Sister Effect
• The Boardwalk Bookshop
• The Summer Getaway

es entretenida y con un bonito mensaje

al comienzo me costó tomarle el ritmo, luego en otra reseña comentaron que si le bajabas la velocidad mejoraba y uff lo disfruté un montón. me gusta mucho las dinámicas que genera Susan y esta no fue la excepción. es entretenida, con momentos divertidos y con un mensaje sobre cómo debes encontrarte primero a ti para conectar con los demás.

finished this book it was great.

Loved it. I hope to read many many more soon as I can loved it

Great book!

Loved the 3 sisters and their trials and tribulations. Great to listen as audio book.

A different aspect

I am a Susan Mallery fan. I have waited for some of the books that had a slow beginning. This book started good and characters become more human with each passing moment. This is a fun piece to listen to.

Great book!

This book will keep you on you toes with the twists and turns of the lives of 3 sisters. The learning to believe in yourself and grow. The love and compassion for others. Learning love can hurt yet, you can overcome. I highly recommend this book. Characters are believable and circumstances could be real. Enjoy!!!

Tough to listen to!

The storyline was what I expected but the narration killed me! She over enunciated so much that her voice sounded like a robot. I debated on quitting the book many times and only finished due to lack of another book on my phone. Listen to the sample before purchasing....

Story full of highs and lows!!

It took me a day to make comments on this book because I really wasn't sure how to express my mixed emotions after listening to this book. I don't review every book I listen to...I have too many and while I've listened to this narrator before this is my first with this author.
I imagine the paper version was really good because I liked the story a lot. You have three sisters, who are as different as night, day and noon. The oldest could be described as selfish, the middle sister is very compassionate and the youngest very likeable yet full of insecurities. Interestingly, each sister experiences all within the same period of time something that impacts their lives causing a chain of events and the beginning of their respective life altering journeys.
The narration was very fast paced and is probably why I have these mixed emotions but I got sucked into the story and had to finish it.
Ultimately as these sisters, their friends, family and other characters take us on a road and path to love, some pain, some loss and lots of feelings, you can relate to some of their experiences and want to get to know them and want things to work out for them. There are some funny moments, heartbreaking moments and moments when you want to roll your eyes. But overall I did enjoy this very different yet engaging story. And yes, each sisters journey is a lesson of love, friendships and brings them together and ultimately closer.

Awesome

I love this book. Following the journey of 3 sisters & how their lives change for the better was awesome!!!!

Disappointment

Found this a long and drawn out depressing listen. It hit ok at the very end, but I was so disappointed with this book.

Review

Overall a nice chic book with strong women, adversary, and a happy ending. My only major dislike was the speed of the audio reader. I ended up adjusting to 0.75 speed and it made all the difference.