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Summary: What a raunchy revenge!
Review: This is a book guaranteed to cheer up any woman who has gone through a bitter divorce at one time or another in her lifetime! It's fun, raunchy, sexy and glamourous ~~ a perfect book to read on a hot summer day!!Elise, Brenda and Annie are wives that have been dumped by their greedy husbands for younger and blonder models. When a mutual friend committed suicide in her devastation over her divorce by a greedy Wall Street mogul, the three women decided that enough was enough! And while plotting the perfect revenge for their ex-husbands, they also discover themselves and love along the way! This is a comic read ~~ perfect to take to the poolside ~~ and it's perfect escapism from reality! I highly recommend this Goldsmith novel ~~ it's one of her finest and funniest!!...
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Summary: A tale of life's relationships to make you laugh at yourself
Review: This is definitely one of the best books I've ever read! As a woman I can relate to some of the experiences of these characters and what I found charming about it all was the way Ms Goldsmith was able to make me look at the humour in the situations. The book is very funny and "un-putdownable" and it helps you to change your outlook on life, it helps you to face up to the truth about yourself and your relationships (remember admission is the first step to a cure). It is not a men bashing book as I've heard people express, but it is one that aims to heighten women's awareness of what relationships may turn out to be but put in a light-hearted manner to make you laugh at yourself. This book scores high with me and I'd recommend the book (not the movie which was a total letdown) to anyone in a twinkle of an eye.
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Summary: How could anyone NOT love this one?????
Review: This one was one of my first O.G. reads. Wow, was it great!!! If you saw the movie, you need to read the book to really capture the spirit. Now that you know what the characters look like, it makes it all the better!!!!! Go Olivia!!!!! Five thumbs up for this one!!!!!
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Summary: Revenge is so much fun.
Review: This story was fun to read. Olivia Goldsmith does a nice job of giving the reader the excuse to root for the down fall of the so called "husbands" in this novel. Great book.
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Summary: Slick, fast, brainy trash you won't put down.
Review: Trash. Absolute trash. I literally read it on a bet. So Itotally enjoyed a book I would not otherwise have picked up, and Imade five bucks on the deal. Goldsmith's megaseller is fast, witty, frequently touching, and much smarter than I would have guessed.Reading The First Wives Club is like devouring a bowl of fabulously exspensive gourmet jelly beans: you know it's not going to enrich your life or better the world, but once you start, you're not going to stop until you're done. Despite the hype, not just a glitzy chick book. This is a really good vacation read.
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Summary: Don't expect the movie
Review: Where the film adaptation of The First Wives Club was witty and made for fluffy entertainment and a showcase for three good actresses, the book is a 180 degree turn. For example, the wisecracking lesbian daughter of Diane Keaton's character is, in the book, a younger girl with Down's Syndrome, and the husband/father is far crueller than the one portrayed in the film. The entire subplot involving the husband of the friend who committed suicide is omitted from the film entirely. The book is darker, as is the humor. One could tend to agree with another reviewer that The First Wives' Club comes off as a treatise on man-bashing; I believe Ms. Goldsmith had experienced a similar situation before writing the book, hence the inspiration. Nonetheless, I liked the book somewhat when I first read it; Goldsmith does display a good wit and can tell an interesting story. I read other works and believe this is still the best of the lot.
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Summary: I RAN OUT OF JELLY BEANS!!!
Review: While on vacation recently, I "borrowed" a copy of THE FIRST
WIVES CLUB and didn't quite finish it. I had to leave the copy at my vacation spot before returning home. Now, I'm
anxious to finish it--I was definitely enjoying it! Admittedly, I throw nickels around like man-hole covers, so
I tried to check the book out at my local library upon returning home. I'm 22nd on the waiting list! So... if you
have this book, are willing to part with it, and you live in
the Kansas City area, please contact me and I might want to
buy it from you!
Otherwise, I see that Amazon.Com has an excellent price, and
I will pick up a copy there (well, I guess that would be
"here", wouldn't it?).
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