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Confessions of an Ex-Girlfriend (Red Dress Ink)
Confessions of an ExGirlfriend - Red Dress Ink
Author: Lynda Curnyn
Ex-Girlfriend Emma Carter has a lot on her mind. Her boyfriend got a life -- in L.A. Her hairdresser found God. And that extra ten pounds of "relationship flab" she acquired while falling in love with a commitment-phobe has just put her out of the running for new romance -- or so she thinks. But before Emma can get on with her life, she's got to...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780373250158
ISBN-10: 0373250150
Publication Date: 4/1/2002
Pages: 304
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 107 ratings
Publisher: Red Dress Ink
Book Type: Paperback
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Helpful Score: 4
Took a lot longer to read than most chick lit - the "confessions" trick got a little old after a while, but it was an overall cute & fun read. Lack of development of some characters, but still...
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Helpful Score: 2
Good chick-lit story about a girl getting over a breakup and moving on with life
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This book was cute. It is slow at times..but so is a single girls life. Tells about her love life, work life at Bridal Best (a magazine for brides), and deals with her mothers 3rd marriage and her father who is a sue happy alcholic.
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Helpful Score: 2
Okay read, but there's much better chick lit out there. I felt like I'd read it before.
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This book is full of subtle humor about being single in New York...the book starts out with the main character separating form her boyfriend and than form there it is all humor based on her single exploits and her retrospections about her life.
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A quick, light, funny read.
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*** This book is great for lounging by the beach. It is kind of a sex and the city esque tale.
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Great book-just what I needed...
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From Publishers Weekly
First-time novelist Curnyn pens an easy, breezy first novel that's part Sex in the City with more heart, and part Bridget Jones with less booze. A frustrated would-be writer and an editor at Bridal Best, Emma Carter becomes an ex when her beau of two years sells a screenplay and moves to L.A. without her. ("You have so much here," he tells her; needless to say, she doesn't agree.) Her two 30-something girlfriends, Alyssa and Jade, each beautiful and romantically challenged in her own way, try to coax Emma out of her rut with either tough love or encouragement, depending on the day. But Alyssa is considering cheating on her longtime love Richard (a lawyer and the "best guy she's been with") and Jade, who was recently hurt by a man, too, has sworn off anything but casual sex. Drawing comfort from snack cakes and diet ice cream (for which she must atone at the gym) as well as her own confessions ("I would marry for a below-market one bedroom"; "I am ready for my miniature schnauzer") Emma eventually does meet a new guy. He's a writer, too, but he doesn't call after she sleeps with him; meanwhile her father's drinking and her mother's upcoming third marriage give her lots to stew about, as does her potential promotion. But the lost relationship haunts her until a few final moments of self-empowerment in the book's conclusion. This is light, occasionally amusing fare, but it's nothing new. Emma may be a New Yorker and a nonsmoker, but her story feels pretty derivative of you-know-who's.
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Great book
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A great story about being single in NYC.


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