Bird in Hand by Christina Baker Kline

Started: 5/31/09
Finished: 6/3/09
Year: 2009
Pages: 274
Genre: Fiction
Grade: B
Reason for reading: review for MyShelf.com
Blurb (from back cover): "It was an accident. It was dark, it was raining, she'd only had two drinks. And the other car ran the stop sign. But Alison, feeling alone and estranged from her husband, Charlie, is suffocated by grief and guilt.
"A man with his own secrets, Charlie endures a long commute to a boring job so that Alison can stay home with the kids. The only thing that keeps him going these days is the thought of another woman-the only woman he has ever truly loved.
"Claire is everything her best friend, Alison, is not. Vibrant and ambitious, she's just had her first novel published and is married to Ben, a successful architect. Everything is going right-so why can't she stop thinking about what it would mean to have a different kind of life?
"Passionate about his work, Ben is living the New York dream, but what he yearns for is a house and family-the kind of life his friends Charlie and Alison have. Alternating through these four intertwined perspectives, Bird in Hand is a thought-provoking exploration of lies, betrayals, and unexpected twists that can irrevolcably alter everything we believe to be true."
Opinion: Not many books can work with multiple perspectives but this one does. A decent novel. For a more in depth review, please check out MyShelf in the upcoming months.