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Title: The Right Address by Carrie Karasyov, Jill Kargman, Barbara Rosenblat ISBN: 0-7393-1204-9 Publisher: Random House Audio Publishing Group Pub. Date: 01 April, 2004 Format: Audio CD Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.98 (42 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Almost, but not quite
Comment: This book is not as poorly written as "The Devil Wears Prada," but it's close. The authors (it took two people to write this book?!)don't give us anyone to root for; everyone in this book is either a tacky wannabe or a catty snob and no one has redeeming qualities or distinct characteristics. What they should have done was had Melanie Korn, the socially ambitious ex-stewardess and second wife of funeral home magnate Arthur Korn, be humiliated a few times by her two socially connected nemesises (is that a word?) Joan and Wendy. Then under the tutelage of Mr. Guffney, the butler, she ascends the social ladder all Eliza Doolittle-like and exacts a satisfying revenge. Wait, I've read a story similar to that--oh, yeah, Candace Bushnell's "Trading Up." (I liked that book, what can I say?) Anyway, as the book is, Melanie is incredibly gauche and keeps making the same mistakes page after page, until you begin to wonder how many times can she be ostracized and humiliated? Does her earthy husband, Arthur, really love her, or is he jonesing for the perfect society girl, Olivia? Do Wendy and Joan have lives? Is Morgan really gonna have Maria, his baby mama, killed? The authors do give us a peek into the lives of the idle rich, with their charity balls and ruthless gossip. But for the most part, this book is like Melanie and Arthur's apartment before they had it redecorated: a lot of nice pieces, but nothing that really comes together as a whole.
Rating: 4
Summary: breezy and fun
Comment: i am surprised by some of the less positive reviews here because i consider myself a hard-to-please reader, one who often abandons many books after the first few chapters, and i thought this book was just great. better than expected. some really funny, sharp dialogue, and some of the scenes are very vivid, hilarious. joan and wendy, the vicious gossips, were my absolute favorite characters. great light summer reading.
Rating: 4
Summary: Summer Society Reading
Comment: For what it is, a fictional account of the limits women will go to live in the Upper East Side society world, this book is a gem of a novel. Melanie, the main character, although misguided and flawed, still comes across as someone you'd like to go shopping with. She's shallow in the way that many women are shallow...what's wrong with wanting people to like you, obtaining the hottest thing since pashmina or keeping your past a secret? She does it all, fails miserably, but bounces back. Read it.
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Title: Bergdorf Blondes : A Novel by Plum Sykes ISBN: 1401351964 Publisher: Miramax Pub. Date: 07 April, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Second Assistant: a Tale from the Bottom of the Hollywood Ladder by Clare Naylor, Mimi Hare ISBN: 0670033073 Publisher: Viking Books Pub. Date: 03 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella ISBN: 0385336810 Publisher: Dial Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Better Homes and Husbands by Valerie Ann Leff, St Martins Pr ISBN: 0312330618 Publisher: St. Martin's Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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Title: The Botox Diaries by Janice Kaplan, Lynn Schnurnberger ISBN: 0345468570 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $23.95 |
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