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Alice K.'s Guide to Life: One Woman's Quest for Survival, Sanity, and the Perfect New Shoes

Alice K.'s Guide to Life: One Woman's Quest for Survival, Sanity, and the Perfect New Shoes

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: A Hilarious Journey Into the World of Being a Female!
Review: From the moment that I started to read this book, I couldn't put it down without laughing out loud!Even though I have been married many years and have five grown children, I was able to relate. It just goes to show you that even though it looks as if things change from generation to generation, many things stay the same when it comes to men and women. I loved this book and I keep it by my bedside so that it can offer me a quick laugh pick-me-up when I need one!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The story of your life
Review: I bought 5 copies of this book as soon as I finished reading it, and promptly handed them out to my closest girlfriends. My younger brother uses it like a guide book to try & figure out women. It is hilarious, it is a reflection of my life and that of my girlfriends. To this day, we use Alice K-isms peppered in our everyday talk. "Oh, god, look out, Molly J, there's the Sniffer!"

Read this, get your friends to read it, and ENJOY!!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: ultimately a good read
Review: I love the writings of Caroline Knapp. Drinking a love story is great book while A Pack of Two is her finest. This book, Alice K.'s guide is her weakest book. Which isn't a terrible criticism as her weakest book is better than most writer's best books! I found the use of initial's throughout the book annoying as h*ll. I'm not sure what the point to that was beyond annoying the reader. The first half of the book is about very trivial matters such as finding the perfect shoes, blouse etc. Luckily, the second half of the book is where Caroline begins to deliver on something well worth reading. In summary, not her best book but not all bad either.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: ultimately a good read
Review: I love the writings of Caroline Knapp. Drinking a love story is great book while A Pack of Two is her finest. This book, Alice K.'s guide is her weakest book. Which isn't a terrible criticism as her weakest book is better than most writer's best books! I found the use of initial's throughout the book annoying as h*ll. I'm not sure what the point to that was beyond annoying the reader. The first half of the book is about very trivial matters such as finding the perfect shoes, blouse etc. Luckily, the second half of the book is where Caroline begins to deliver on something well worth reading. In summary, not her best book but not all bad either.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: So easy to relate to!
Review: I may not be quite as old as Alice K. (I'm only 23), but there are still so many things I can compare to my own life. The section describing the contents of her kitchen really made me laugh...it was almost identical to mine. Definitely a great book...I"m sorry she hasn't written more.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: will keep all GEN X females in stitches--a must have!
Review: I read this book in one day--and laughed, cried, and laughed some more. Any mid-twenties to early thirties female will totally relate. I have purchased this book for all of my friends. They all read it and say, "Where on Earth did you find it? That book is THE STORY OF MY LIFE!!!!!!!"

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Cheaper than therapy
Review: I refuse to believe there could actually be a woman like Alice K. anywhere. Even operating with the slightly more comfortable assumption that Alice K. is a highly exaggerated composite, it's still fairly scary. Funny book, but a frightening character.

That, however, is missing the real benefit of Alice K. and her guide to life: no matter what is wrong with you, Alice K. is worse. Read this book and you'll be able to feel mentally healthy and vaguely superior even if a judge has confined you to a state psychiatric hospital.

Example: so you're hugely agoraphobic, and you haven't seen daylight unfiltered by glass and blinds in six years. You can read this book and think: "At least I'm not routinely spending three times my yearly income on shoes. And I know what to do with leisure time."

See? Wonderful! If you have this book nearby, you won't need to tell your troubles to a mental health professional; one quick glance will convince you your hang-ups really aren't that bad. (And it'll put a smile on your face, too.)

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Witty and amusing
Review: If you liked this book, also try "The Healing Journey" series of self help journaling books by Phil Rich. The first two books, "The Healing Journey" and "The Healing Journey for Couples", are journaling books written to help people learn how to journal and what to journal about. The other books in the series, called "The Healing Journey Through..." focus on journaling and self help in specific topic areas like grief, divorce, job loss, menopause, retirement, and addiction.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the funniest books I have ever read
Review: Reminding me slightly of Bridget Jones' Diary, Alice K's Guide to Life was one of the funniest, and most fun to read, books that I've read this year. Alice K (not her real initial) is 30 something, not meeting the right men, in therapy, and completely hysterical.

Her commentaries on life - from office mates (Women with Boundary Issues, the sniffer), her money (non) management skills, love, and her ideas for new magazines, will have you laughing out loud as you read this book. I just thought of something that made me sit straight up in bed - I LOVED this book.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of the funniest books I have ever read
Review: Reminding me slightly of Bridget Jones' Diary, Alice K's Guide to Life was one of the funniest, and most fun to read, books that I've read this year. Alice K (not her real initial) is 30 something, not meeting the right men, in therapy, and completely hysterical.

Her commentaries on life - from office mates (Women with Boundary Issues, the sniffer), her money (non) management skills, love, and her ideas for new magazines, will have you laughing out loud as you read this book. I just thought of something that made me sit straight up in bed - I LOVED this book.


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