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Bare Necessity
Bare Necessity
Author: Carole Matthews
ISBN-13: 9780060557102
ISBN-10: 0060557109
Publication Date: 4/2003
Edition: Abridged
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 7 ratings
Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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22 Book Reviews submitted by our Members...sorted by voted most helpful

reviewed Bare Necessity on + 25 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a light and humorous read; the tale of a single thirtysomething teacher who winds up having naked pics of her posted on the internet and the resulting commotion it causes.
reviewed Bare Necessity on + 18 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Keeps you turning the pages. Really enjoyed this book. Kind of predictable but alot of fun.
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Helpful Score: 2
I thought this book was cute. I almost always like British Chick Lit books!
reviewed Bare Necessity on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Very fun book!
sweetnblissful avatar reviewed Bare Necessity on + 89 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
This is the first book I have read by this author and it won't be the last. This book was such a cute read, about a girl who's boyfriend puts a scandalous photo of her on the internet to help him get out of debt. Very fast paced and all around great book.
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Helpful Score: 2
Barely chick lit - a little less likely and much less fashionista than many, but a fun quick read nonetheless.
punkinbean avatar reviewed Bare Necessity on + 37 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Fluffy girl-lit. Good for when you're in the mood for brain candy.
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Helpful Score: 2
Cute book!
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Helpful Score: 1
Fun, quick read. I really enjoyed it, even if it was a bit predictable!
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Helpful Score: 1
I will admit I really didn't get into the book until about halfway through it. Once I hit halfway I really didn't want to put it down or for it to end!
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Helpful Score: 1
fun and quick to read.
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Helpful Score: 1
I love Carole Matthews! She is so great. She did not disappoint in this book!
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Helpful Score: 1
This was a very cute and funny book. Loved the writing, the idea, and the charaters. Great book for any Chick Lit fan!
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Cute Chick-lit book.
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Really cute!!! A great, light listen!!!
cherokeerose avatar reviewed Bare Necessity on + 49 more book reviews
I enjoyed the story...

Emily is shocked to learn that her boyfried has posted her picture on the internet. Also, he has mortgaged their dreamhouse and ran up their shared debts to an unbelievabe amount. She leaves him and moves in with her best friend. One of the local papers does a story about Emily. Which bring more reporters and Emily has lost her job as a school teacher. Cara (Emily's friend) and Emily fall in love with the same guy and Declan (Emily's ex-boyfriend) declares his true feelings for Cara.
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Very witty and charming!!!
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Good book.
tracey avatar reviewed Bare Necessity on + 41 more book reviews
Quick read.
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When Emily Miller's boyfriend posts a revealing picture of her on the Internet, she's sure things couldn't get worse. Wrong. She then learns that he's desperate to make money before the bank repossesses their house and comes after them for an additional 100,000 debt, incurred by said boyfriend without her knowledge. So Emily moves in with her New Agey best friend, Cara, and tries to maintain her sanity. Then the tabloids camp outside the door of Cara's Hampstead digs, and Emily loses her job as an English teacher. Meanwhile, Cara is having her own relationship troubles, prompting the two women to begin indulging in late-night drinking and spell-chanting sessions designed to right all wrongs and bring love into their lives. Though the plot has a few unlikely twists, and everything works out much more neatly than could be realistically expected, Matthews' book will appeal to anyone looking for a light, funny take on romantic entanglements.
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JennL avatar reviewed Bare Necessity on + 70 more book reviews
A little bit of fun and a lot of the ridiculous goes on in this book. A good quick read, but not enough to set the heart pounding.
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When Emily Miller's boyfriend posts a revealing picture of her on the Internet, she's sure things couldn't get worse. Wrong. She then learns that he's desperate to make money before the bank repossesses their house and comes after them for an additional 100,000 debt, incurred by said boyfriend without her knowledge. So Emily moves in with her New Agey best friend, Cara, and tries to maintain her sanity. Then the tabloids camp outside the door of Cara's Hampstead digs, and Emily loses her job as an English teacher. Meanwhile, Cara is having her own relationship troubles, prompting the two women to begin indulging in late-night drinking and spell-chanting sessions designed to right all wrongs and bring love into their lives. Though the plot has a few unlikely twists, and everything works out much more neatly than could be realistically expected, Matthews' book will appeal to anyone looking for a light, funny take on romantic entanglements.