Book Review - Then Came You

If anyone but Jennifer Weiner had written this book, it would have been awesome. It's a really interesting play on the idea of what makes a family. But Weiner is a much better writer than this book allows her to be. She always gets tagged as a 'chick lit' writer. I find that whole term offensive but no one seems to care.

Then Came You is about how one baby gets made. The story focuses on the egg donor, a college student with an addict for a father who donates the egg to get money for his rehab. She's also a lesbian in case you are interested. The surrogate, a low/middle income stay at home mom of two little boys. She is in an interracial marriage and her husband is not happy about the surrogacy. The adoptive mom, a gold-digger with a good heart who married a multi-gazillionaire just a little bit too late to have kids of her own. The gazillionaire's daughter also plays a leading role. The whole thing just feels a bit to contrived for me. Like the interracial marriage. I mean, who cares? But the author makes a big deal about it. Same thing with the lesbian storyline. Big whoop. She's a lesbian. It seems like Weiner is trying to prove to me that she is politically correct and isn't that weird behavior for a writer in 2011?

This book is not bad but if you have never read anything by Weiner before, read Good in Bed first.