Mine are spectacular! : a novel

Format:

Book

Title:

Mine are spectacular! : a novel

Author:

Kaplan, Janice.

ISBN:

9780345468598

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication Information:

Physical Description:

x, 289 pages ; 24 cm

Summary:

Three friends--Sara Turner, a divorced mom juggling a new fiancé and a TV career; pregnant talent agent Berni Davis; and Park Avenue dermatologist Kate Steele--rely on one another for advice, support, and a good time.

Subject(s):

Female friendship -- Fiction.

Divorced mothers -- Fiction.

Pregnant women -- Fiction.

Suburban life -- Fiction.

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

Geographic Term:

New York (N.Y.) -- Fiction.

New York (State) -- New York.

Genre:

Humorous stories.

Humorous fiction.

Fiction.

Added Author:

Schnurnberger, Lynn Edelman.

Holds:

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Summary

In this second bestseller by the authors of The Botox Diaries, three friends living in the wealthy New York suburb of Hadley Farms know they can count on each other through it all: pregnancy, affairs, ex-husbands, new fiancees, and Botox.

Author Notes

Janice Kaplan graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and won Yale's Murray Fellowship for writing. She has worked as a magazine editor, television producer, writer, and journalist. She is the former editor-in-chief of Parade magazine. She is the author or co-author several books including I'll See You Again: A Memoir, The Men I Didn't Marry, Mine Are Spectacular!, The Botox Diaries, and The Gratitude Diaries: How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Reviews (2)

Publisher's Weekly Review

The coauthors of The Botox Diaries reprise their flighty, feel-good formula for women's fiction with their second novel, about affluent divorced women friends living in a Westchester-style suburb of New York City. Sara, a caterer in her early 40s whose first husband, James, ran off to Patagonia eight years ago, has moved into her fianc? Bradford's house in Hadley Farms with her young son, Dylan. Sara's best friend, Kate, a fancy Manhattan dermatologist, is having an affair with a wealthy married man, Owen, while their other friend Berni, pregnant with twins, has relocated from the West Coast, having left her job as a successful Hollywood agent to embrace motherhood. Complications ensue for all: Bradford's snide ex-wife drops in, and their rude 14-year-old daughter, Skylar, makes hell for Sara, just when James reappears to win Sara back. However, Sara's catering career takes off after a cable TV appearance, while Owen decides to leave his blond trophy wife. Predictably, Sara and Skylar become friends, Bradford and Sara prove a lasting match and even Kate makes a sage decision regarding Owen. "Getting older and smarter and more confident isn't that bad," the ladies collectively decide. This is a cotton-candy read-sweet, if a bit stale-for a day at the beach. Agent, Jane Gelfman. (June) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved

Library Journal Review

The ladies who gave us The Botox Diaries return with the tale of three friends-divorced Sarah, pregnant Berni, and Park Avenue dermatologist Kate-surviving in the ritzy New York suburb of Hadley Farms. With a five-city tour. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.