{"id":7551,"date":"2024-02-09T09:06:10","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.silvercentury.org\/?p=7551"},"modified":"2024-02-09T09:06:10","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T14:06:10","slug":"and-then-theres-margaret-the-perfect-laugh-out-loud-dramedy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/78.142.243.82\/~silvercentury\/2024\/02\/and-then-theres-margaret-the-perfect-laugh-out-loud-dramedy\/","title":{"rendered":"And Then There\u2019s Margaret: The Perfect Laugh Out Loud Dramedy\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Carolyn Clarke \u2014 <\/span>Black Rose Writing<\/span><\/i>, <\/span>2022<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

When we meet Allie Montgomery, she\u2019s suffering a midlife crisis: her kids are older, her daughter may drop out of college, her husband is always working and she\u2019s lost her passion for teaching. She\u2019s signing up for a gym membership when she learns that her beloved father-in-law has died. George was her sounding board and confidante. He leaves behind his septuagenarian wife, Margaret, whom Allie finds self-absorbed, selfish, manipulative and controlling. When Margaret moves in \u201ctemporarily,\u201d she criticizes everything Allie does, making it abundantly clear that, as far as she\u2019s concerned, Allie is not good enough for her husband, Hank.<\/span><\/p>\n

Margaret turns Allie\u2019s life upside down: rearranges furniture, commandeers the kitchen and even secretly funds the college daughter\u2019s bad decisions. At wit\u2019s end, Allie has an encounter with Margaret that changes how they interact and Allie sees her path more clearly: she needs to let go of her anger toward Margaret and claim her dreams. Will Margaret support her or thwart her? While Margaret\u2019s behavior is dreadful, and Allie doesn\u2019t set boundaries, there are times when both women are relatable, for better or worse. A family tale that makes us laugh and think about our own relationships.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When we meet Allie Montgomery, she\u2019s suffering a midlife crisis: her kids are older, her daughter may drop out of college, her husband is always working and she\u2019s lost her passion for teaching.<\/span><\/p>\n

Read more And Then There\u2019s Margaret: The Perfect Laugh Out Loud Dramedy\u00a0<\/span> ›<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n

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