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Summary: The Wife of Reilly - a fun read!
Review: While I wasn't initially thrilled reading about adultery and lies, this book brought to life a fun group of characters that made you think you were there, chatting with your baggage-laden friends. The colorful dialogue and first-person story telling gave depth as well as frivolity to a great cast. Prudence and her friends embrace one another and life, and welcome you into their world. Prudence gains insight with the nudging of her friends, rounding out a great story.
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Summary: Amazingly Entertaining
Review: I couldn't put it down!!! I have never been so entertained by a book. I read the first 200 pages before putting it down. This is a "what goes around, comes around", but with a twist. This book draws you in and won't let you go.
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Summary: AN UNDENIABLE CLASSIC
Review: As my first foray into chick-lit, I wondered (fearfully) what to expect -- and got a heck of a lot more than I bargained for! Weeks later, I still laugh out loud at the images the author conjured up. With her effortless writing style, she managed to have me simultaneously laughing out loud and thinking "Oh, this is so true."This book was much more than a non-stop laugh-riot (which it is!) -- it's a story that every person can identify with on many levels. I will read "The Wife of Reilly" again and again, and certainly find something new, funny, and insightful with each reading.
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Summary: Recycling! I'm all for it!
Review: This book is an absolute riot. I laughed aloud at the antics Prudence conjured up when finding her current husband a new wife. Nothing like planning ahead for the future, even if it's not your own. This book is hysterically funny throughout and its also got a great message about father and daughter relationships. Thank you Prudence. I can't wait for the next installment. There is one right?
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Summary: Why Dump an Ex When YOu Can Recycle?
Review: Crazy but lovable Prudence Malone takes readers through a truly zany adventure as she searches for a new wife for her soon-to-be ex-husband, Reilly. She asks her colorful cast of friends "Why Dump an Ex When You Can Recycle?!" After falling in love with her college sweetheart at her 15-year reunion, Prudence decides to leave her comfortable but stale marriage to her sweet but dreadfully dull husband. He's a nice guy, (and she's a nut job!) though, so she concocts a plan to find her replacement. She places a singles ad, dates women and even hosts a singles party to find the next wife of Reilly. This book was a oisser! I laughed so hard, there were times I had to wipe the tears from my eyes... really funny idea developed nicely through edgy humor, sparkling dialogue and witty insights. Every now and then, the author surprised me with a touching story that made me realize this story was more than just a laugh riot. It had a message about reconciliation, redemption and self-awareness.
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Summary: Hilarious chick lit with a nasty edge
Review: This one's a riot. Here is a heroine so neurotic she has to find a new wife for her husband before she can divorce him. This woman is scheming and wicked and hilarious - a 21st century Lucille Ball. She does awful things yet somehow you still root for her. As an avid reader of smart aleck women's fiction, I've grown tired of the number of faux funny farces floating out there. This is several notches above the current crop of chick lit. The writing is sharp, the dialogue is funny, and the plot is twisty. This is the first book I read in 2004, and it's better than anything I read last year. Dig in.
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Summary: 5 Star Romantic Comedy To Be Sure!
Review: "The Wife of Reilly" by entertaining writer, Jennifer Coburn, is without doubt a '5 Star Romantic Comedy' to be sure! The characters are colorful, the dialogue entertaining, and the plot had me laughing so hard my sides hurt! I loved it! If you are a fan of this genre (chick-lit), then this is the book for you. Ms. Coburn is a natural when it comes to knowing how to entertain the reader. Take a bow Jennifer, you have certainly earned it with this fabulous story!!! (Highly Recommended!)
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Summary: It Was Worth The Wait
Review: I have been waiting for this book for months. I heard about it ages ago - even received emails from the author about it. I have been patiently waiting for it and I wasn't disappointed. I completely and totally LOVED "The Wife of Reilly" by Jennifer Coburn. This new addition to the long line of chick lit books hits the mark in so many ways. I loved the crazy and different story line - the amazing character development - the wonderful tone/vocabulary/and humor. Ms. Coburn has a wonderful talent for storytelling and I can't wait for more romantic comedy's from her and the chick lit genre is right up her talented alley. Great book to start off the New Year - it's quick and hilarious. What more could you want? Highly Recommended. Cheers!
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Summary: Laugh out Loud Hilarious!!!!
Review: I read this truly hilarious book in one sitting! It's a unique and fresh comedy of errors about Prudence Malone who is secretly searching for the perfect mate - for her husband, Reilly! Why? Because Prudence has fallen in love with someone else and wants to leave her marriage without feeling like the heel who dumped her husband. She puts an ad in the personal column of the New York newspaper and starts going out with women, many of whom would like to know why they're out with Reilly's "sister" instead of him. (Later she throws a party for single women at an art gallery with Reilly as the exhibit - no spoilers, but that chapter is priceless!) Prudence goes on about 50 dates which are really funny. Some dates last a whole chapter, like the recovering lesbian who just graduated "Straight Expectations Rehab Center." Prudence helps her see the light and accept herself as who she is. (If only this protagonist knew that lesson herself! Alas, this is what she needs to learn and does as the story develops.) On another date, Prudence meets the lovely Jasmine who is everything Prudence wishes she was. And in another Prudence meets what she describes as a mirror image of herself - and she hated what she saw. Other dates are a montage of single sentences. The brilliance of this novel was that while it made me laugh aloud many, many times, it also chronicled a woman discovering herself and her strength. It has a very empowering message skillfully woven into a tale that is such outrageous fun! You'd think readers would hate Prudence because she behaves somewhat abysmally, but I couldn't help feel for her because I see that deep down she means well, but has some serious issues. There's a beautiful secondary plot with Prudence and her father, which explains a lot about how she turned out to be as selfish (really self protecting, if you asked me) in the first place. You can't dislike a character who makes you laugh so damned much! Her friends and dates also made me laugh aloud - often! This book had it all - a great story, loads of humor, a fresh perspective and a main character you can't help but love. This book was terrific.
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Summary: screwball chick lit comedy
Review: When MBA accounting executive Prudence Malone meets her three friends in a New York restaurant she stuns them with the news that she is engaged. Sophie, Jennifer, and Chad point out that she cannot be someone's fiancée since she is already married to the kindhearted Reilly. Prudence explains that when she visited Ann Arbor to attend a football game at her alma mater; destiny came too. She met her college love Matt amidst the 100,000 plus at the stadium. They made passionate love and agreed to wed though he is unaware that she already has a spouse. Prudence asks her three friends to help her find a wife for the nice Reilly who she admits deserves better. Jennifer finds the I Love Lucy type scheme fascinating and is in, but Chad rejects the notion she has no obligation to take care of Reilly especially after they divorce. Sophie fails to commit either way though she knows she will help her pal. As Prudence seeks her replacement, Matt makes demands and Reilly acts bewildered by his wife's behavior. THE WIFE OF REILLY is a screwball chick lit (is that an oxymoron?) comedy that makes no sense, but is so much fun to read. The perils of Prudence will keep the audience laughing as every venture she tries to pull off seems more like Lucy and Ethel working at the candy factory. Though her accounting partnership seems out of reach for this dizzy dame, fans will appreciate Jennifer Coburn's very amusing tale of a wife finding a spouse for her husband (need I say more). Harriet Klausner
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