Review: Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel

Mr. & Mrs. American Pie by Juliet McDaniel (August 7, 2108 / Inkshares)

(I received a free copy of this novel from the publisher in exchange for an honest review. I received no additional compensation)

Goodreads Summary:

The year is 1969. Dick Nixon was just sworn in as the thirty-seventh President of the United States. Neil Armstrong just took one small step for man and one giant leap for mankind. And notable Palm Springs socialite Maxine Simmons just found out that her husband is leaving her for his twenty-two-year-old secretary. After a public meltdown at Thanksgiving, Maxine finds herself not only divorced, but exiled to Scottsdale, Arizona. However, these desert boondocks will not be her end―only her Elba. The former beauty queen sets her eyes on a new crown: that of the Mrs. American Pie pageant, awarded to the nation’s best wife and mother. Maxine only has one problem: to win the crown she’ll need to find―or build―a family of her own.

My Review:
Consider this a public service announcement from your bookish BFF...READ THIS BOOK ASAP! This is the funniest book I think I have ever read. I mean, I was laughing until I cried. I was cracking up so much that I was cracking my husband up. I would be quietly reading in the other room and then just start let out a yelp or squeal or whatever noise you make when think "oh this is hilarious!" Then he would laugh at how much I was laughing! I usually DON'T want the books I like to be made into movies (because they are NEVER as good) but I really hope this one comes to the big or small screen. Oh, it is just too perfect. I've been pushing to everyone on my Bookstagram and I'm immediately mailing my copy off to my mom. 

I would say it is a mash-up of The Great Outdoors and Miss Congeniality, but even that funny description doesn't do it justice.