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Summary: Entertaining, enjoyable read...
Review: Laura Zigman's tale of one woman's self exploration is enlightening and humorous, while tugging at heartstrings from time to time. She details the emotional struggles that I believe many single women go through, as they deal with society's expectations for a woman to marry and begin a family.
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Summary: A Survival Kit...
Review: ... that'll help one to get to the safety of a desert island. Looks like literature, reads like literature, not literature. Good observations on a very banal yet eternal subjects (male commitment phobia, pressures of the modern Western life and what they do to women) that every woman could make by the age of 30 based on personal experience. Some witty remarks, not a single positive (or even identifiable enough to really be one) male character, an upsettingly uncunning description of a New York "big job" furnished with "big names", to make contrast with the unfulfilling private life and general feeling of unhappiness, etc. etc. Makes you to identify youself *positively* with somebody who you know you don't want to be. 3 stars because it's a true "feel good read" - doesn't matter where the comfort comes from if it helps, that's the theory if I got it right?
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Summary: finally, an honest look at what so many won't admit to...
Review: The point of the book is not what happens next but the process that Ellen goes through in looking over her life and in coming to the realization that she doesn't want to wait for life to happen to her but has to do something for herself. She is a real woman who doesn't cry or complain but tries to find a way to make herself happier and more satisfied. Maybe a happily married twenty or thirty something has no clue but lots of us can identify.
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Summary: Insightful Yet Humorous
Review: Ellen Frank is a 35 year-old woman who likens her reproductive system to a gumball machine, and the gumballs are running out. Having devoted most of her adult life to a career in the fast-paced yet shallow world of fashion, Ellen now finds a little voice telling her "they're just clothes" more often than she is comfortable with. Moreover, she finds herself absolutely smitten with her 3 year old niece, whom she affectionately refers to as "The Pickle." Ellen desperately longs for a Pickle of her own, but her Pickle-producing-profile is not promising. Malcolm, The man in her life is a compassionate and funny companion. The best one Ellen's ever had. Except he's a Prozac-induced impotent. Oh yeah, and her doesn't want kids. His life's is your basic tragedy: his only son died of leukemia, he became an alcoholic and his wife left him. He's frozen, unable to escape the dark shadows of his past. And yet Ellen loves him.She just doesn't know if she can get a baby out of him. I had trouble putting down this funny, lively book. Zigman does a wonderful job navigating Ellen's emotional roller coaster as she tries to determine how to become a mother, and who to include on her journey. It is a satisfying, feel-good read.
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Summary: Entertaining, but could have been much more...
Review: Laura Zigman is a good writer, but this book was disappointing, the latest entry in the "capable single woman with dilemmas" genre that began so well with Bridget Jones. Its plot so closely follows a pattern of wish fulfillment that the ending (where evrything works out) feels like a fairy tale. I'm sure that would be frustrating for women hoping to identify with wanting a child - it would have been interesting to read more about what happens after Ellen gets her wish and the baby arrives. Is it everything she hoped for? We'll never know...
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Summary: Please give this woman a baby before I scream
Review: Ellen is whiny thirty-something single career woman who is a realtionship with the walking dead. Who works in the fashion industry with people who only think about promotion and guest list. Ellen's only outlook is being with her three-year old niece and imaging "what if". You really want to root for Ellen as she flips back and forth wanting to be a mother and still trying a human version of "Big Bird".
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Summary: Good read, but....
Review: Let me first qualify my review by saying that I am a 23 year old woman who is nowhere close to having a serious relationship, or wanting to have a baby. Perhaps if I was in a situation closer to the main character's I could have identified with her, and thus would have enjoyed the book a little more. That being said, I enjoyed the reunion with a girl from high school (although I had a hard time believing that their relationship was based solely on their mutual desire to have a baby and their poor relationships). The cast of characters and the antics at her work were enjoyable. Also I could not help but feel sorry for the "relationship" she has with Malcolm, her "boyfriend". I was disappointed with the end of the book, in part, because it was no suprise and I had a hard time believing what happened with Malcolm.
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Summary: If anything, a sweet book... :)
Review: "Dating Big Bird" focuses on an (almost) middle-aged woman that would do anything for a baby of her own. The problem is that her relationships are "frozen," so what's a girl to do? Which is what the book is about. Personally, I found the book cute, funny, and rather adorable. The humor was fantastic, very witty with alot of one-liners. I loved the main character, just as I loved the secondary characters, and of course, a happy ending. I'd recommend this book to someone that wants a cute, sweet book with humor.
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Summary: A disappointment................
Review: Myself and about 7 friends all read Animal Husbandry and very much enjoyed the book. We were looking forward to Zigman's next book as soon as we were finished with her first! Dating Big Bird is disappointing book by such a creative author. The characters are undeveloped and you can pretty much put the book down after the first couple of pages.........nothing else happens that you can't guess. Too bad!
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Summary: It lacked depth
Review: I ordered this book based on the reviews and was sorely disappointed. I thought this book was fairly empty and had little character development. There was so little content that it could have been written in 50 pages. It almost seemed as though it was simply a long version of the Glamour article it ridiculed. Yes, there were occasional moving moments, but in general, I felt the story lacked depth. Plus, the end was a complete disappointment.
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