From
Publishers Weekly
In sweet, silly, and
incredibly long digital missives, best newsroom pals Beth and Jennifer trade
gossip over their romances—Beth with her marriage-phobic boyfriend, Chris, and
Jennifer with her baby-mania-stricken husband, Mitch. What they don't know is
that the newly hired computer guy, Lincoln, an Internet security officer
charged with weeding out all things unnecessary or pornographic, is reading
their messages. But lonely Lincoln lets the gals slide on their inappropriate
office mail and gets hooked on their soapy dalliances, falling head over heels
for the unlucky-in-love Beth. Debut novelist and real-life newspaper columnist
Rowell has the smarts for this You've Got Mail–like tale of missed connections,
but what doesn't work so well is the firewall between the traditional narrative
reserved for Lincoln's emergence from shy guy to Beth's guy, and heroines who
are confined to the e-epistolary format. Despite the structural problems, there's
enough heart and humor to save these likable characters from the recycle bin.
(Apr.)
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