I have a debut novel for your enjoyment today! The Means is
a story of a family whose dream it is to own a Hamptons beach house. Thank you
to BiblioLifestyle Book Tours and the publisher for including me on this tour.
Shelly Means, a wealthy stay-at-home mom and disgraced
former PTA president, is poised to get the one thing in life she really wants:
a beach house in the Hamptons. Who would have guessed that Shelly, the product
of frugal Midwesterners, or her husband George, an unrepentant thrift shopper,
would ever be living among such swells? But Shelly believes it’s possible. It
might be a very small house, and it might be in the least-fancy part of the
Hamptons. But Shelly has a vision board, an architect, and a plan.
But
what should be a simple real estate transaction quickly goes awry as Shelly’s
new neighbors disapprove of her proposed shipping container house at the same
time that George’s lucrative work as a VoiceOver artist dries up. But Shelly is
dogged. She knows how to go into beast mode. But will it ever be enough to
realize her beach house dreams?
A
novel of real estate, ambition, family, and money from “one of our best
interrogators of how we live now, and how we should live” (Dave Eggers), The Means is
also a fantastical, fast-moving and very funny exploration of class, wealth,
and the value of work.
Review:
The bright cover captured my attention immediately. The second thing that captured my attention was the writing. From the first page, Amy’s dry humor writing style had me in stitches. It shows in the section titles of the book. Pre-Winter and Slush are two sections. It is a very easy and relaxing to read book with short chapters. You can read when you have a few stolen minutes and not lose your place in a chapter and this is a book you will find every stolen minute you can to read it!
About the Author:
Amy Fusselman has written five books, including The Means, but The Means is her first fiction book. Her non fiction book are in print in multiple languages and her articles and essays were printed in several newspapers and magazines. She currently lives in New York City and teaches and New York University.
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