Hollywood publicity pro extraordinaire Emily Sanders is hitting thirty -- hard -- and she wants the life her best friends seem to have: house, kids, perfect man. But finding true love isn't easy in L.A., where image is everything, and where every beauty pageant winner is an eight in a sea of nines, who all wish they were Julia Roberts.
For Emily, boyfriend material has always come in many strange shapes and incarnations -- beautiful young surfer god, aging music executive, boss's boss's boss, and a baseball player with two cell phones (one of which she does not have the number to).
With her confidence rapidly heading due south (like everything else on her body), it's time to find a smart, sharp-eyed psychotherapist to help her get past her surefire method for choosing the absolute worst man. With a little help, maybe Emily can learn to narrow her focus from looking for Mister Right to looking out for Mister Wrong. Because she knows that, eventually, "the one" comes for every woman ... even for a disarming, unflappable player in the mad, mad world of entertainment, with the edge of an insider and the heart of a dreamer.
Chasless Y. (chacha629) from MANVEL, TX wrote on 11/9/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
I read this book a couple of years ago, and it changed my dating life (yes, chick lit improved my dating life!). After reading Emily's ups and downs and seeing her obvious mistakes, I took the fictional psychiatrist's lesson to heart and start making my own mental list of "reasons why not." I now recommend the book to any of my female friends after they've recently gotten out of a bad relationship or just had a string of very bad dating luck.
Holly W. (hkwmson) from NEW YORK, NY wrote on 3/31/2007...
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Cute book. Emily is a PR wiz in LA, unfortunately, she just can't get the rest of her life together.
Too bad the TV show didn't make it!
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LORI R. (lorichards) from SKANEATELES, NY wrote on 6/30/2008...
An okay book. Along the lines of Bridget Jones.
Kimberly W. (mo-love-99) from E RUTHERFORD, NJ wrote on 4/13/2008...
Excellent book. Great writing. Great story line. Made me laugh out loud. Made me cry. Touched me in places I didn't think possible from a book. I can relate on so many levels.
Kat A. (katatonicstate) from SANGER, CA wrote on 3/20/2007...
I really enjoyed this - don't judge the book by the TV show!
Vicky C. from WESTVILLE, NJ wrote on 3/7/2007...
I enjoyed this book very much!!!
Kelly B. (kellyforpresident) from HARRODSBURG, KY wrote on 1/28/2007...
A light fun read
Cristin S. (BookEmDano) from NEW YORK, NY wrote on 11/4/2006...