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I finished this last night and in a word: wow. I've not read Oates before — I find her style generally too gothic for my taste — but I respect her greatly as a writer, and I'd read that this novel, a novel about Marilyn Monroe, was her best. Frankly, it would be hard to beat.

I guess you could call the The Egg and I true "chick" lit! I grew up watching Ma and Pa Kettle movies with my mom and I had seen the movie The Egg and I many times. I had no idea they came from a book! What a delicious surprise. An all around fun read!!!