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Book Review of The Fixer Upper

The Fixer Upper
The Fixer Upper
Author: Judith Arnold
Genre: Romance
Book Type: Paperback
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A light romance about a divorced woman Libby, who lives in an old but lovely apartment in NY City with her 13 year old daughter Reva. Libby is administrator of admissions at a posh upper-class school, and as such has a certain air of pseudo snobbishness. Ned Donovan, father of ten year old Eric, is hoping against hope to enroll his son in said school, in spite of the fact that he cannot possibly afford it. Ned is an architectural contractor, in other words, a "fixer upper." Ned and Libby meet, have a steamy hot romance, etc, etc. And the rest is history. A pretty good beach read, and fairly entertaining if you skip a lot of the juvenile stuff. I gave it a three and a half.