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Lynn Blanchett's Steps to Happiness: Step 1: Find a job. (Done! I'm doing PR for hotshot young designer Muriel B. — which I'm totally unqualified for.) Step 2: Find a... |
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The queen of the Shopaholics in a brand-new witty and hilarious novel. Emma is sitting on a turbulent plane. She's always been a v. nervous flyer. She really thinks that this could be her last... |
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| If any single novel of Kurt Vonnegut's can represent his unique voice and freewheeling imagination, it is probably the wildly funny and provocative Cat's Cradle, published in 1963. Though it might not... |
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This is the deal with Chloe Leiberman (sometimes Wong):
· She lives, breathes, sleeps, eats and drinks fashion.
· She's half Jewish (father) and half Chinese... |
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"I was married eleven years before I started imagining how different life could be if my husband were dead. . . ."
At thirty-eight, Jessie Maddox subscribes to House... |
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'One of the best comic novels I've read in years' (Jay McInerney): an uproarious debut set in modern India and the arrival of an exciting new comic talent Mr Ahuja, Minister of Urban... |
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| Homer Aldrich Winthrop was a neurologist who died of a neurological illness. That's all Homer Jr.'s mother will say about his father, who died when he was 2, and any prodding for details results in... |
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A wildly entertaining novel, introducing a bold new voice that combines antic humor (think Joseph Heller and Kurt Vonnegut) with a stunning futuristic vision (a la A Clockwork Orange... |
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Emma:
Wants Jeff Matthews to notice her.
Hates sexist boys.
Wonders when she'll get her period.
Tom:
Must avoid looking like a wuss.
Must deal with his blended family.
Must... |
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| Harry Sue Clotkin is tough. Her mom's in the slammer and she wants to get there too, as fast as possible, so they can be together. But it's not so easy to become a juvenile delinquent when you've got a... |
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