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In Need Of Therapy (2000)

by Tracie Banister(Favorite Author)

4.01 of 5 Votes: 5

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review 1: In Need of Therapy, Tracie Banister's second novel, has been on my TBR list since I finished Blame it on the Fame. I've been so busy reading other books by my new amazing Indie author friends, that I kept putting it off. I wish I hadn't! This story was so much fun to read. I was drawn into Pilar's world and her problems. She is your typical "middle-child" adult: the mediator, the one who gets taken advantage of, the one who just wants peace and love. That's the last thing she gets, though. I could relate to her need to keep the peace, to cover up for her sister - even though having her sister live with her disrupted Pilar's life to the point of frustration.The angst between Pilar and her ex-boyfriend was really fun to read and I know I kept rolling my eyes like "Is he ever... more gonna get it?!?!" And the antics from Pilar's mother had me in stitches, so dramatic and lovable. And when one of the nephews caught the couch on fire?? Oh my gosh, tears streaming down my cheeks from laughing! I feel like if I say much more, I'm going to give away the book and I don't want to do that.Ms. Banister's characters are well-drawn out, the extra bits of setting make the story come alive and the way all of her characters relate to each other - well it makes you wonder if she has a huge whiteboard hanging on the wall with arrows pointing this way and that. This book really does have it all and that's one of the things I love about Ms. Banister's work. There's something for everyone in the stories - that and there are stories within the stories. I love the depth of each novel. You'd be crazy not to buy it and add to your Tracie Banister collection!
review 2: Pilar has a family that is consumed with drama, a mom who’s a drama queen, a sister who is carefree in how she lives her life and another sister who is a high strung mom. Added to this, is her ex boyfriend, who seems to be turning up whenever she turns her head, can’t seem to deal with the fact that it’s over between them.This book is filled with funny characters that made me laugh and shake my head with their antics. Poor Pilar is trying to help everyone and her own hopes and dreams seem to be falling apart on the sideline and she does not know what to do. She is able to offer advice to everyone except herself. And to make matters worse her mom is freaking out because Pilar is about to turn thirty in a few months and thinks her daughter is doomed to remain a spinster forever!This is very funny and light read – very few would be able to resist. less

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