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Summary: So cute!
Review: If you like chick lit you'll love this book. I happened to find it on a bargain shelf. I definately would have paid the full price. Wickham is alot like Keyes, Kinsella and Weiner. If you enjoy these authors then you'll LOVE Wickham. This book was a super easy read ... definately a "beach book." I got so hooked by the characters. Sooooooooooo cute! Can't wait to read her other novels.
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Summary: The *kayters* review
Review: Madeleine Wickham proves once again that she is more than just a "chick lit" author. Though her novels are short, they do pack a punch and try to teach a little life lesson besides.Candice, Maggie and Roxanne are best friends who work at the Londoner, a monthly magazine in - where else? - London, and meet on the first of the month for cocktails at the Manhattan Bar. This particular month finds Maggie ready to give birth, Roxanne still with her married with children boyfriend and Candice having just broken up with her co-worker boyfriend, Justin. Candice recognizes their waitress as a girl she was at school with and says her name, just as she realizes that her recognition was probably best kept to herself as the waitress, Heather Trelawney, had to leave school when her family lost all their money due to Candice's swindling father. It strikes good-hearted Candice that she can try and make amends to Heather by helping her get a job at the magazine. Unfortunately, her good deeds don't stop there and as the saying goes, "No good deed goes unpunished." Follow these friends through the ups and downs of motherhood, affairs, death and evil machinations and enjoy every page of it.
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Summary: A harlequin romance for the new age
Review: OK. I picked this up as a light weekend read, not expecting "War and Peace" but something fun. This book was as trite as a 1970s Harlequin romance. By the end of the first chapter, I had predicted the character development and plot twists to the very last page. The characters were horribly stereotypical and one-dimenensional. The "nice girl", the evil vengenful "psycho-girl", the "I've having an affair with a married man and want some permanence in my life, girl", the "torn between job vs family girl"..I could go on forever...The only thing that kept me reading to the end was to find out if my predictions panned out. Also any author who uses the word "frission" twice in 10 pages should be locked in a room and required to read Strunk's "Elements of Style" until they learn to write beyond a 10 grade level. All in all a waste of my time and the author's.
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Summary: Better than I thought!
Review: They say not to judge a book by its cover, and its true. When this book arrived I thought the cover looked kind of cheesy and I'd wondered if I'd made a mistake. But the story was actually smart, clever and full of surprised and I turned out to be very pleased! The friends in the story reminded me of my own girlfriends, how we are all so different now that we've grown up - yet all good friends still. Wickham also did a good job of really making you start to despise the antagonist.
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Summary: Lukewarm
Review: This book was ok but not anywhere near the league of a Rosamunde Pilcher book. But since I have read all of Pilcher's books multiple times and wanted something new to read, I tried this. The plot was nicely developed but Wickham pretty much tells you everything that is going to happen right up front, thus taking away any delicious suspense. The writing is easy to read but lacks the coziness of Pilcher's books.
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Summary: A good summer read
Review: This is unlike the other books that i have read so far. the plot revolves around a bar and three best friends. They are good at their jobs,articulate and know what they want from life. But a crazy flat-mate, an affair with a superior and motherhood corode their friendship and their lives-almost. This book is about true friendship and how it can get you through the day and lives problems big or small. A good read that cannot be put down.
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Summary: Shaken and stirred into a very entertaining tale!
Review: What fun! When the demands of "The Londoner," the smashingly hip magazine, become too much to bear, three girls know just what to do! Maggie, Roxanne, and Candace get smashed at the Manhattan Bar, one of London's premier nightspots. They talk, they laugh, and they drink. But no pina coladas! However, each of them has a secret that they haven't revealed. Maggie isn't ready to give up her high profile job as editor of "The Londoner" in favor of motherhood. Too bad she's due in three weeks! Roxanne is having an affair with a married man and has to decide how much longer she's willing to wait for him. Candace is crushing under the guilt she's felt ever since her father died and sullied the family name. When these secrets start pouring out, their friendship is spun out of whack. Will the women have to face their problems alone or will their cocktail buddies come to their rescue?
Madeleine Wickham has written a really enjoyable book! The plot is a little predictable, but the witty dialogue more than than makes up for it. The characters are realistic and their problems are believable. I will definitely be reading more from Mrs. Wickham!
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