Romantic Times:

4 ½ star review:

The third installment of Efken's unique series featuring an e-mail group of stay-at-home moms overflows with humor-filled situations. The book's target audience will find a great deal to identify with and will be encouraged at every turn. It's sad to see the series end, but it's exciting to anticipate what this author will come up with next.

Warsaw Community Public Library Bookshelf Buzz

Play It Again, SAHM by Meredith Efken

Like creative approaches? Tired of the cut and dried themes? Get ready for a truly innovative way of writing. The author manages to tackle serious topics but with just enough light-hearted humor to keep you reading. I discovered it by accident at the library and wasn’t sure I would really like it. However, it deals realistically with issues moms deal with and in an entertaining way. It’s based on a friendship between 7 ladies who have never met before. A friendship forged in emails, no less.

They finally meet and like a blind date, all sorts of unknown things come to the surface. Personalities clash, belief systems collide, and attitudes surface. Yet, amazingly the friendships survive, strengthened by the disasters and trouble encountered together.

If you are a stay at home mom, you will quickly relate to this book and the different struggles they all face, both alone and together. It’s so realistic, that it’s scary. Chances are you will see yourself in one of these dynamic women.

Review by Kathy Stutzman Community Relations Assistant