That Old Cape Magic is about Jack Griffin and his parents, his wife, Joy, and her parents. It is about what happens when you don’t live your own life by reacting to your parents life. It is also about choosing to be happy or unhappy.
Jack Griffin is one tortured soul. His parents were ivy league academic snobs, who couldn’t get jobs in the ivy league. He married a woman, Joy, who Jack’s mother dismisses because she hadn’t done any “graduate work.” Jack cannot decide if he wants to continue his present academic gig or return to Hollywood to write scripts for cheap made for TV movies.
This book is about how he tries to resolve these issues in his life. This book isn’t comic like Nobody’s Fool or Straight Man but I liked it. I rate it 2.5 stars out of 4, which is good.
I enjoy your book reports. Your descriptions seem to get down to the essence of the story. This is another one I’ll put on my list.
This sounds like a book I’d like to read. Thanks for your review!
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Sounds interesting. Thanks for the review.