Empty Nesting

My Nest Isn't Empty, It Just Has More Closet Space by Lisa Scottoline and Francesca Scottoline Serritella   245 pp.

This is the second volume of collected "Chick Wit" articles from The Philadelphia Inquirer written by thriller author, Scottoline. Included in this are a few articles by her daughter, who is a budding author. Scottoline once again tackles everyday subjects like home repair, auto purchasing, mothers' worries, her increasingly large collection of animals, her never ending crush on George Clooney, and more with humor and insight. The tales that include Scottoline's "Mother Mary", an 80+ stereotypical Italian mother are funny and touching. Daughter Francesca's take on her grandmother demonstrates her love for the quirky older woman. Other pieces by Francesca cover her own mother's paranoia over a daughter living in the big city (New York) and her own mixed feelings about taking on 'real' adult life now that she is out of college. Ultimately the articles are about strong women who are independent and co-dependent at the same time.