A law professor at a university in south Alabama, heroine Marilee's life quickly begins to disintegrate when her husband leaves her - pregnant- for a man. A cheating former lover steals the prestigious law chair from under her nose. And, to make matters worse, at the law clinic she runs, an indigent high school girl who she's known since childhood is accused of murdering her newborn.
One reviewer described Things Are Going to Slide as "smart chick lit, mom-lit, and law-lit." Midwest Book Review called Things Are Going to Slide "a powerful novel of chaos and recovery that will attract any interested in strong stories of professional women." A romantic, smart page-turner, steeped in the tradition of southern literature, Things Are Going to Slide is "the kind of book that makes you keep reading long after you meant to turn out the light."
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One reviewer described Things Are Going to Slide as "smart chick lit, mom-lit, and law-lit." Midwest Book Review called Things Are Going to Slide "a powerful novel of chaos and recovery that will attract any interested in strong stories of professional women." A romantic, smart page-turner, steeped in the tradition of southern literature, Things Are Going to Slide is "the kind of book that makes you keep reading long after you meant to turn out the light."
Well, firstly I have to say - I really enjoyed this book! It had me fascinated from the first few pages for as much as I love chick-lit (I mean really love it!) this had a little more substance.
It is the story of a hard working and exhausted single mother, Marilee, who is eight-and-a-half months pregnant with her second child, conceived as her marriage ended with her husband leaving her for another man (this all happens before we pick up Marilee's tale so that's not a spoiler!). She is a professor at a Southern legal school and is in line to receive a huge promotion. This has not been made easy for her as one of the Dean's of the college, Sue Scanlon, seems out to get her - whether it is out of jealousy or sheer spite, we don't know.
Marilee tries her utmost to hold down her career, which seems to be spiralling away from her, and take care of her small daughter, Ellie and her unborn child at a time when she should really be on maternity leave and resting, this is all testimony to the lengths Marilee will go to for her students and clients.
The clients that the legal clinic sees are varied and all equally dramatic - none more than the case of the local teenager Cindy, who is accused of murdering her young baby.
I love the 'will they, won't they' romance that is woven into this book when Marilee's childhood sweetheart returns to town - even if he did break her heart a decade previously, it is not too sickly sweet but is a lovely plot to the story.
I plundered through the book as it is a real page turner and it was a satisfying read and left all the ends nicely tied up.
I would like to thank the author for providing me with a copy of Things Are Starting To Slide in exchange for an honest review.
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