Rosen, Jane. Eliza Starts a Rumor. Berkley, 2020.
Eliza Hunt has run The Hudson Valley Ladies' Bulletin Board for years. She is happily married and has raised her two children, who are now in college. Much to her dismay, she discovers that someone has started another bulletin board called Valley Girls, which is not competing with hers! She has been giving out parenting advice for years and feels so threatened by the new offering that she writes a gossipy "rumor" post on her board.
It is through this post that she comes to be friends with Alison Le, a lawyer raising her infant son alone, and Olivia York, who thinks her husband is cheating on her. Eliza's best friend from high school, Amanda Cole, and her daughters have recently moved back in with her father across the street from Eliza. Amanda has left her movie-producer husband, who has been accused of scandals involving many women. Allison has made a friend on the bulletin board who may not be who she thinks, and Eliza is having trouble even walking outside her front door!
Eliza Starts a Rumor has a unique plot--dueling bulletin boards for women! The characters are well-developed and have a lot of interaction. The books explores current social issues of the #metoo movement, rape, agoraphobia, PTSD, infidelity, and self-mutilation, so the book is very current.
It was so refreshing to see women bonding and supporting each other throughout this book. Despite some of the heavy topics, the book has some hilarious moments and is a quick, cute read! This book will make its appearance on June 23. I recommend it to public libraries and give it four out of five fleur de lis.
Thank you to NetGalley and Berkley Books for allowing me to read and review this book!
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