Bad Boy
by Olivia Goldsmith
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“Guilty pleasures don’t come much tastier” than this sharp romantic comedy from the New York Times–bestselling author of The First Wives Club (People).Every Sunday, best friends Tracie and Jonny meet for brunch in Seattle and discuss their love lives. Tracie loves bad boys who seem too good to be true (and usually are)—while Jonny foolishly falls for girls who never like him “that way.”
Then Tracie embarks on a makeover to turn him into a bad boy. She teaches him to show more scope out women at baggage claim; come back from a dinner date with a new girl’s phone number scrawled on his hand; and always carry a motorcycle helmet—even though he doesn’t ride a motorcycle.
Jonny quickly becomes a successful heartbreaker . . . just as Tracie realizes that she might be head-over-heels in love with her best friend. But there are some major obstacles in her way—including Jonny’s wondering about why she never liked him for who he was without the leather—in this smart, laugh-out-loud tale of modern romance.
“An old-fashioned tale of love and friendship . . . The dialogue is crisp and funny.” —Publishers Weekly. show less
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Perhaps overlong but then I did have trouble liking the main characters.
frothy romantic farce
Not as good as I would have expected from the author though.
Tracie tiene una atracción fatal por los chicos malos, casi siempre demasiado atractivos y peligrosos. Jon, su amigo más querido, es por lo contrario un chico bueno poco afortunado en amores. A Tracie se le plantea un gran reto cuando su amigo le pide que lo transforme en un auténtico chico, para lo que debe enseñarle... Una joven adicta a los chicos malos pierde de vista -delante de sus narices- el verdadero amor de su vida. La fábula del inocente mejor amigo sirve para una radiografía de la neurosis de las relaciones humanas.
Dec 5, 2010Spanish
Comèdia divertida que em va fer gaudir d'estones divertides mentre duia a terme la seva lectura. Em fa fer riure, plorar i enamorar-me dels personatges.
Dec 14, 2007Catalan
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Author Olivia Goldsmith was born Randy Goldfield in Dumont, New Jersey in 1949. She attended New York University and became one of the first partners at the management consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton in New York. After she divorced her husband, she moved to London, changed her legal name to Justine Rendal, and became a writer. Her 1992 debut show more novel, "The First Wives Club" became a best-seller and was made into a movie in 1996. In her stories, there's a transformation of the main character and, according to Goldsmith, "In the Olivian universe, everybody gets what they deserve." Besides novels, she wrote articles for The New York Times and Cosmopolitan and wrote children's books under the name Justine Rendal. She received the Woman of Vision Award in 1997. She died from complications related to anesthesia on January 15, 2004 at the age of 54 (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title*
- Foute mannen
- Original title
- Bad Boy
- Original publication date
- 2001
- Important places
- Seattle, Washington, USA; Washington, USA
- Dedication
- To Nunzio Nappi
As long as I can sit in the front seat - First words
- De lucht was net zo grijs-wit als de magere melk die Tracie in haar koffie schonk.
The sky was the same gray-white as the skim milk Tracie poured into her coffee. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)And he was right.
- Original language
- English
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