the magic room {book review}

Did you know that I am a member of the BlogHer BookClub?    It’s a wonderful club, and offers a variety of genres.   Everyone can find something they will enjoy reading.  Usually.

This month,  we are reading The Magic Room:  A Story About The Love We Wish For Our Daughters by Jeffrey Zaslow.    Perhaps it has to do with the fact that I do not have a daughter that I did not enjoy the book.  I wanted to love it, but I didn’t.  Or couldn’t.

We’re taken to the small, middle-class community of Fowler, Michigan.  A town with 1100 residents, and a bridal shop with 2500 wedding dresses.  Becker’s Bridal has played a part of 100,000 weddings across the midwest.  That is amazing.  And those 100,000 weddings were all imagined in the minds of the brides who stepped inside the ‘Magic Room’ – an 8 foot by 10 foot room with floor-to-ceiling mirrors on every wall.

Each woman in the ‘Magic Room’ has her own issues – these stories and secrets are shared with the reader, but failed to pull me in.  The Texan and I have been married for six years and I often appreciate insights into successful marriages and families.  However, this book was lacking in that area.  For me anyway.

If you enjoy listening to stories of how so-and-so chose her wedding dress, this book is right up your alley.  If you’re looking for something more substantial, you won’t find it here.

You can learn more about The Magic room by visiting the BlogHer BookClub page here.

I wrote this while participating in the BlogHer BookClub and was compensated for doing so.  However,  the views and opinions here are my own and have not been influenced by BlogHer or by BlogHer BookClub.