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Loading... Chasing Harry Winston: A Novelby Lauren Weisberger
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. Hmm...well I'm glad I'm not alone. I can't say I am the biggest fan of this novel. At times, I felt exasperated with most of the characters and angry that I continued reading until the conclusion of the book. Rumor is a movie is coming out too - ack! traciragas | May 21, 2009 |   I would say that this is Weisberger's weakest effort to-date. The three girlfriends' narrative is haggard and sugegsts a lack of creativity/ability to actually develop one interesting character. The writing is flat. This book was a gift, and in hard cover (groan), so I felt compelled to read it. I enjoyed The Devil Wears Prada and recall liking Everyone Worth Knowing. But this book . . . Weisberger will hopefully take some more time before cranking out another one. (  )princessbabs | Jan 24, 2009 | excellent read shazjhb | Dec 25, 2008 | Very disappointing...what happened to the author that wrote Devil Wears Prada? This book was boring, predictable, and had only one character that I could stand. (  )bribre01 | Dec 18, 2008 | Leigh, Emmy and Adriana are all best friends from college. They are all entering their 30's and being single is not good. They are all determined to make changes in their lives. Leigh is the neurotic character. She is in a relationship. She has commitment phobias and doesn't like anyone being close. She is a hard working editor and is beginning to realize that she really doesn't love her fiance even though he fits into her checklist. When she is forced to work with Jesse he makes her rethink things. Emmy is a newly dumped chef. Her boyfriend has left her for a much younger girl. She wants to be married and have kids. She came very close to having that dream come true but a 23 year old girl took that away from her. Adriana is the beautiful, spoiled, rich brazilian who uses men as sex objects. She has slept with more men then any of her friends put together. Emmy and Adriana have challenged each other for a year, Emmy will no longer look at men as future husbands and Adriana will no longer use men as sex objects. Emmy is suppose to have a series of affairs with random men and Adriana is suppose to be a serial monogamist. Will Adriana grow up and be more responsible or will she remain the spoiled rich girl not doing anything with her life but sleep around and shop? Will Emmy finally met teh right guyand settle down and get married and have kids? Will Leigh finally decide whats right for her and change her mind about what the perfect guy really is? montrealgirl2005 | Nov 25, 2008 | 1  0.055 seconds to build listing
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0743290119, Hardcover)The bestselling author of The Devil Wears Prada and Everyone Worth Knowing returns with the story of three best friends who vow to change their entire lives...and change them fast.Emmy is newly single, and not by choice. She was this close to the ring and the baby she's wanted her whole life when her boyfriend left her for his twenty-three-year-old personal trainer -- whose fees are paid by Emmy. With her plans for the perfect white wedding in the trash, Emmy is now ordering takeout for one. Her friends insist an around-the-world sex-fueled adventure will solve all her problems -- could they be right? Leigh, a young star in the publishing business, is within striking distance of landing her dream job as senior editor and marrying her dream guy. And to top it all off, she has just purchased her dream apartment. Only when Leigh begins to edit the enfant terrible of the literary world, the brilliant and brooding Jesse Chapman, does she start to notice some cracks in her perfect life... Adriana is the drop-dead-gorgeous daughter of a famous supermodel. She possesses the kind of feminine wiles made only in Brazil, and she never hesitates to use them. But she's about to turn thirty and -- as her mother keeps reminding her -- she won't have her pick of the men forever. Everyone knows beauty is ephemeral and there's always someone younger and prettier right around the corner. Suddenly she's wondering...does Mother know best? These three very different girls have been best friends for a decade in the greatest city on earth. As they near thirty, they're looking toward their future...but despite all they've earned -- first-class travel, career promotions, invites to all the right parties, and luxuries small and large -- they're not quite sure they like what they see... One Saturday night at the Waverly Inn, Adriana and Emmy make a pact: within a single year, each will drastically change her life. Leigh watches from the sidelines, not making any promises, but she'll soon discover she has the most to lose. Their friendship is forever, but everything else is on the table. Three best friends. Two resolutions. One year to pull it off. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:01 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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