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A: Anything British
Forget tall, dark, and handsome. For Shari there's only tall, pasty and from Across the Pond (despite her aunt's advice to find a nice Jewish boy). Ever since Shari first happened upon Christopher Robin in her childhood reading, she's had a passion for all things Anglo-Saxon. First it was books, then it was blokes, now . . . well, it's still blokes.
Unbeknownst to her, Kit, Shari's latest British conquest (and decidedly not a Jew), also happens to be her biggest competition in her search to find the last-known speaker of a language close to extinction. Shari's spent four years trying to find this guy so she can complete her Ph.D. and now Kit has beaten her to the punch? When she learns that there might be more (and less) to Kit than meets the eye, will this Anglophile turn her back on the land of tea and crumpets once and for all?
From the bestselling author of The Matzo Ball Heiress comes a tale of one woman's two obsessions and what happens when they collide.
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Aaauuugh! Some of Shari's bad judgment is excused in a unique way (Olivia Joules handled the same situation much differently) but not why she sleeps with a guy she just met, lets him move in, then goes to England with him as soon as she can get a rush passport. I'm a hopeless Anglophile (I put on a Lush hair treatment & ate Jaffa Cakes while I read this book), but still!
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Jennifer A. (Started out okay, and picked up in the middle, but totally fell apart at the end. Ending was rushed and somewhat implausible. Fellow anglophiles will still enjoy though. :)
Pretty cute and fast read. Not quite as developed as Matzo Ball Heiress, but not bad.
Daniella G. from MARSTONS MLS, MA wrote on 2/26/2007...Shari is desperately seeking a tall, dark and handsome Brit!
Sharal H. (Started out slow and a little dull but picked up at the 100 page mark where I would normally give up and move on.
I really enjoyed Shari's trip to London and Abbey Road. :o) The supporting characters were very interesting as well. I thought things were left hanging with Shari's mother and Owen's father and unfortunately Owen really didn't develop into a three dimensional character. Shari's Aunt Dot was entertaining as well as the scenes involving the funeral of the skunk.
I will admit that I skimmed through a few pages here and there, overall an OK read.
I meant to read for Chemistry today but this book was so good I couldn't stop reading it. The story of Shari, a linguist stuck in PhD dissertation hell, is funny, smart and engrosing. Well-written with an unexpected ending which could have been elaborated a bit further.