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Inappropriate Men (Red Dress Ink)
Author: Stacey Ballis

Book Information

Publisher: Red Dress Ink
Book Type: Paperback

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ISBN-13: 9780373250554 - ISBN-10: 037325055X
Publication Date: 4/1/2004
Pages: 352

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Book Description:

"Don't get me wrong. There was -- there is -- much love between my husband and me. We aren't miserable, we just aren't happy. And we aren't really together that much -- it didn't used to seem to matter. But it's starting to matter. It's starting to matter very much indeed."

With her marriage spiraling toward divorce, sexually confident and unapologetically sized-24 Sidney Stein finds herself drawn into an illicit affair with Geoffrey Fahl -- not only married and twenty years her senior, but also her father's business partner. Perilously close to falling in love with this man who is so very wrong for her and knowing there's no future in the relationship, Sidney decides it's time to turn her life around.

Newly separated from her husband, Sidney dives into the dating pool. And after more than a dozen dates, a disastrous transitional guy and reconnecting with a high school crush, she can't help but wonder if it might not just be easier to let herself drown. But just as she stops looking for the ideal man, someone else arrives . . .and he might just be everything she never knew she always wanted.

Experience the love, joy and heartbreak of Sidney Stein in Stacey Ballis's debut novel. Neither pat nor predictable, Inappropriate Men is laugh-out-loud funny without compromising intelligence.

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TagsChick lit, Chicago

Genres:

Romance >> General
Romance >> Contemporary >> General

Top Member Book Reviews

Leeankh wrote on 6/25/2007...

7 member(s) found this review helpful.

Not the best chick lit I've read, in my opinion. The author put in a lot of poetry throughout the book and it bugged me a bit. The story just didn't grab me the way I anticipated. The main character, Sidney, is not enjoying her marriage and strays with a married man. Their affair is long yet stunted at the same time. It's very strange and difficult to explain. The premise held a lot of promise, but it just didn't deliver what I was expecting. It just wasn't as good as I was hoping it to be.

Katie F. (kayters) wrote on 9/11/2005...

3 member(s) found this review helpful.

Ugh - the POEMS! I SOOOO could have done without them, but I liked her sense of humor!

Kati M. (kbmc) wrote on 4/5/2009...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Perhaps if the editor had taken their red pen and gotten rid of about half of the contents of this story it would have gone from 'good' to 'great'. As it was, this book became more tedious as it went on. Most chapters included lengthy poems, which in my opinion were nothing more than the author screaming "hey, look at me, I can write poetry too!!!" as they did nothing to move the plot along. There were also pages of asides where the main character spoke directly to the reader, while I enjoyed them at first, I eventually found them to be somewhat unnecessary.
That being said- I did enjoy the character of Sidney. She was funny and I liked her a lot more as the story went on. I also thought the ending, while unusual for this type of genre, was perfect for this story and character.
I would recommend this book- with the advise of just skipping over the poetry.

Kathy J. (chocorose) wrote on 11/30/2007...

2 member(s) found this review helpful.

Oh my goodness....I read this right about the time I went through something similar. I really connected to this character and felt the need to get the book to read it again...which I haven't been brave enough to do yet.
Great read!

Teresa D. (TeresaM) wrote on 5/27/2009...