Prospect Park West : A Novel (Paperback)

from amf0001

This book really needed a map of the neighborhood - it was that specific. Going over the nuances of which side of which street was best... that was when the book seemed most alive. The women were cliches or just odd, and I couldn't warm to any of them. Their dilemmas were not presented in a heart...

from lauraleah

I have to admit that I almost stopped reading after the first few chapters but I thought, let me keep going to see how this turns out. I did finish the book but it wasn't one that resonates with me after I closed the cover. The characters seemed flat and I wasn't really drawn to any of them. A qu...

from Brianna_H

Prospect Park West is surprisingly gritty for a novel about Brooklyn moms and their harried lives. Author Amy Sohn details the women's sexual frustration, masturbation habits, marital problems, child rearing dissatisfaction, feelings of loneliness and isolation without sugarcoating or pulling pun...

from Brianna_H

Prospect Park West is surprisingly gritty for a novel about Brooklyn moms and their harried lives. Author Amy Sohn details the women's sexual frustration, masturbation habits, marital problems, child rearing dissatisfaction, feelings of loneliness and isolation without sugarcoating or pulling pun...

from bearette24

This is definitely Sohn's best book. She takes a sweeping view of the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, its mothers, race problems and beauty, and has lots of trashy fun along the way. But the book is also smart and insightful.