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Constant Chatter Shopping Center - The Big Love: A Novel
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List Price: $21.95
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Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780316738156
ISBN: 0316738158
Label: Little, Brown and Company
Manufacturer: Little, Brown and Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2004-07-02
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Studio: Little, Brown and Company
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Editorial Reviews:
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Sometimes being left in the lurch is the best thing that can happen to you.Alison Hopkins's live-in boyfriend, Tom, goes out in the middle of a dinner party to buy a jar of mustard, then calls her from a pay phone to tell her he won't be coming home. He's left her for his beautiful ex-girlfriend Kate Pearce, the kind of woman about whom men say rhapsodically, 'She's like a drug.'Alison had always feared that Tom's looks would land her in trouble-having a handsome boyfriend is like having a white couch, an invitation to disaster. But if Tom isn't her Big Love, who is? Alison embraces her freedom, buys 'hiking boots and lacy underwear,' and sets out on a stroll down the midway of love. From an eye-opening fling with her new boss to an unexpected proposal from an old friend, Alison samples love's many varieties-all the while talking obsessively with her girlfriends, comparing stories, and working through a lifetime of conflicting beliefs about trust, faith, and commitment.In spite of (or perhaps because of) her neuroses, Alison finds a surprising kind of triumph-and an irrational faith that the Big Love may be nearer than it appears.
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Summary: bah, borrow it instead of wasting your money.
Comment: after reading the summary to this book i thought it'd be fantastic. well, it was far from that. (thank goodness for book trading!) i always finish a book even if it's just pretty unbearable to read. it started out slow and didn't grab my attention. once i got to the middle there were 2-3 chapters that were quite page turners, but then it turned sour again, kind of like that bad taste in your mouth. the story jumped too much around and she always exaggerated on things (complaining a lot about her evangelical-christian childhood, ect.) that i don't think really should be exaggerated on in this story (just didn't seem to fit, not that i have problems with religion), so that was another turn off to this book. although i was glad for the book to end, the ending seemed rather abrupt rather than a slow ease into the main characters farewell.
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Summary: One of my favorites
Comment: LOVE. Thank god for something that's not typical chick lit. I wish Sarah Dunn would write something else, and soon -- I'd buy it immediately. LOVE.
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Summary: Read this book
Comment: I loved this book. Its a fast read i didn't want to put it down. Its much like Sex and The City and there aren't many dull moments. Its hysterical and its definitely worth reading.
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Summary: Hey dummy
Comment: Alison is in love with a boyfriend that doesn't deserve her love. She realises this in the end but the whole whinny middle part and wondering if she'll ever marry and have kids bothered me. I thought gosh why is she crying over him again. He isn't worth it. I am glad Alison realised this in the end. Also the religion part bothered me. She kept talking about it.. too much!
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Summary: Very Nora Ephron-ish
Comment: A newspaper columnist's boyfriend leaves her for his ex-girlfriend and then comes back to her after two weeks. In the meantime, she gets fired from a low-brow periodical and has a fling with her boss. Her life is in disarray and she sets about understanding what it is she really wants.
It is easy reading- the principal character is talking to the reader directly in first person. It seemed like I was her girlfriend and she was explaining all her feelings to me using analogies and in minute detail. However, some patches are unnecessary or redundant. I found that skipping over entire paragraphs made no difference sometimes.
There are some incidents in the story that are interesting or entertaining. Some women will be able to identify with some of the characters. The men in the story are insipid and dimensionless; they could have had more to say and more depth, with the possible exception of "Matt." Some snippets are insightful- like the last part about being open to new experiences when single as opposed to closed when in a relationship.
The protagonist is a columnist for a newspaper, has a lawyer boyfriend, has friends who throw themed dinner parties, and lunches with girlfriends several times a week. Although this book was written in 2005 and set in Philadelphia, it might as well have been New York/1980, `a la Ephron. Maybe its time to update the characters?
Overall, it is patchily entertaining and shines some new light on old relationships.
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