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Book Review of Female Intelligence

Female Intelligence
Female Intelligence
Author: Jane Heller
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Lynn Wyman is a self-help guru who has successfully used the "Wyman Method" to train men in the correct way to communicate with the women in their lives. But her whole practice falls apart when the media prints the story about her husband's affair and her credibility goes down the drain. After reading an article in Fortune magazine called "America's Toughest Bosses", Lynn decides to salvage her career by teaching CEO Brandon Brock how to talk to the women who work for him. The plan is perfect, but Brandon wants nothing to do with it...or her.

In this book, Jane Heller uses her trademark humor to mock the self-help industry. Lynn is a single-minded career woman who wants to salvage her career by landing a famous no-nonsense CEO as her client. Brandon is a chauvinist who believes women should be home taking care of the children. I thoroughly enjoyed this book, especially some of Lynn's teaching methods like driving her client out into the country, getting them lost, then making them ask for directions. My rating: 4 Stars.