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Sammy's Hill : A Novel by Kristin Gore
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Sammy's Hill : A Novel (original 2004; edition 2004)

by Kristin Gore

Series: Sammy Joyce Books (1)

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A mildly hypochondriac but sweet young senatorial aide takes everything mean old Washington can throw at her while giving her all to a possible national program to lower prescription costs for senior citizens.
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Title:Sammy's Hill : A Novel
Authors:Kristin Gore
Info:New York: Miramax Books, c2004. 387 p. ; 25 cm. 1st ed
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I'll give this 2 stars because it does have it's humorous parts. However, for a leisurely book of enjoyment, it was entirely too political for me. In reading between the lines of obvious real-life character fill-ins, the author makes her political stance extremely apparent.
I personally could not relate at all to the antagonist (Sammy). Although her nearly unrealistic clumsiness is amusing at some points, her neuroticism draws the lines for me. I just cannot relate with someone who hates themselves so much they have to pick apart a 2-lined text/email from their boyfriend and systematically listing the assumed pros and cons of said message. I'm sorry, but that's just ridiculous. If women really think this way, then this world is in bigger trouble than we thought. Not everything said (especially by a man) needs to be put under a microscope and analyzed. Geez. ( )
  SumisBooks | Nov 27, 2017 |
Washington DC ( my birthplace) plus chicklit dont fit well in my mood lately. I hear the second book is better, but I'm not sure I'll check it out or not.
  bookczuk | Aug 29, 2017 |
Comparisons to Bridget Jones are unfair to this book. ( )
  elsiereads | Jan 2, 2014 |
It's nice to read a book where the main character has a great job, but is still totally insane. ( )
  melissarochelle | Apr 14, 2013 |
This was good beach reading -- generally light and frivolous but also an interesting insider's look at Washington polics and campaigning. The heroine is genuinely smart and idealistic but also neurotic & funny. I'm not in a rush to read the sequel, but I also wouldn't mind. Parts of it were predictable -- I figured out pretty quickly who the protagonist would ultimately end up with romantically. ( )
  JillKB | Apr 4, 2013 |
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A mildly hypochondriac but sweet young senatorial aide takes everything mean old Washington can throw at her while giving her all to a possible national program to lower prescription costs for senior citizens.

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Az ​idealista, ügybuzgó és kissé hipochonder Samantha Joyce roppant nagy nyüzsiben él. Heti hetven órát dolgozik azon, hogy a legújabb társadalombiztosítási reformtörvény legkisebb részlete is a helyére kerüljön, közben mindenféle tökéletesen jelentéktelen eseményt megünnepel, mint amilyen A Partridge család című szappanopera utolsó adásának huszonkilencedik évfordulója és egyéb amerikai abszurdumok. Érthető, hogy a szerelemre már alig jut ideje. Legalábbis addig, amíg véletlenségből meg nem ismerkedik Aaron Driverrel, az egyik rivális szenátor szívdöglesztően jóképű beszédírójával. Kristin Gore, aki nem utolsó sorban Al Gore leánya, ennél fogva töviről-hegyire ismeri Washington kulisszatitkait éles kritikával és remek humorral ábrázolja az amerikai politikai élet visszásságait. Első regénye lenyűgözően izgalmas és mulatságos olvasmány, amelynek szeretetreméltó hősnője amerikai és magyar pártállástól egyaránt függetlenül elbűvöli az olvasót. A magyar olvasó Kristin Gore és hősnője, Samantha Joyce segítségével bepillantást nyerhet az amerikai legfelsőbb politika kulisszái mögé. Sammy egy olyan világban téblábol, amely számunkra is ismerősnek tűnik, és a könyv azzal a megnyugtató /?/ érzéssel tölthet el minket, hogy a világ vezető demokráciája sem mentes a bőszítő és nevetséges anomáliáktól, és egy egyedálló, boldogságra és sikerre áhítozó fiatal nő élete ott sem fenékig tejfel.
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