Falling for Mr. Wrong [Paperback]

Caroline Upcher (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

Falling for Mr Wrong is what Polly does best. When her husband leaves her, she decides to give up men for good and concentrate on her career as a literary agent, but as her professional profile soars, she finds that in the eyes of the world, life without a man is just not on.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Why do so many women swoon over sleaze? Upcher (Grace & Favor) investigates the age-old question with humor and verve. Good-natured Polly de Soto spends most of her life editing imaginary dialogues in her head. While she has a wicked sense of humor (she gets rid of tiresome guests by stoking her woodstove with alarming zeal), Polly rarely speaks her mind directly. Her stepdaughter, Luana, calls her "Polly Pushover," while her film producer husband, Johnny, thinks of her as his secretary, script reviewer, dog watcher and cheerleader. When Johnny leaves her, Polly is forced to focus on herself for a change. She throws herself into her own job, running a literary agency, and soon discovers a bestseller called Mr. Wrong, about a gorgeous serial killer who kills beautiful young women as soon as they start to fall for him. Polly quickly sells film rights, and on the movie set she meets a dreamy stud who-natch-turns out to be a dud. Polly realizes that she's fallen into the classic trap. "A woman knows who her Mr. Right is on paper, but when she meets him she's usually bored to tears. It's Mr. Wrong she falls in love with." She vows to embrace the single life, but just as she realizes how much she misses having a partner, she also discovers that her Mr. Right has been waiting in the wings all along. Polly is a likable spaz, and Upcher paints the literary and film worlds in delicious detail. Though the ending is implausibly tidy, fans of her first two witty page-turners won't be disappointed.
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From Booklist

Falling for Mr. Wrong is easy when there are absolutely no Mr. Rights anywhere to be found in Upcher's novel of an unlucky-in-love literary agent married to an unctuous, egotistical movie producer. Predictably, when Johnny walks out on Polly, she goes right into a disastrous affair with (you guessed it) an unctuous, egotistical movie actor. The book's promo materials promise us that one of them will be Polly's Mr. Right. Oh, really? Smart, savvy businesswoman though she may be, Polly is a hopeless doormat where men are concerned. She meets Hector, a womanizing movie star (imagine!) on the Riviera set of her husband's movie, where he calculatedly seduces then (surprise!) dumps her. So what does she do? Tries to win Johnny back. Throw in a supporting crew of cliched sycophants, nymphomaniacs, and hypocrites and you have a thoroughly unsympathetic and unsavory cast of caricatures. Fans of Upcher's usually relationship-rich novels will likely be disappointed by such fluff, but fans of supermarket tabloids will love it. Carol Haggas
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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Kensington Books (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575669013
• ISBN-13: 978-1575669014
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 1.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,459,080 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Paltry chick-lit imitation, May 27, 2003

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A. Schultz "amschult" (Park Ridge, IL) - See all my reviews
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I picked up this book in the anticipation that it would be another light reading, another happy little Red-Dress-Inkish book to vacation from reality in. Instead, Falling for Mr. Wrong turned out to be a book with characters so negative I couldn't even finish it. I had a hard time deciding who I hated more - Polly's rude snob of a best friend, her self-absorbed husband, or shallow possible love interest Hector. Even Polly herself was kind of pathetic and not inspiring identification from the reader, just pity. If you picked up the book too because it was pink and looked like a fun quick read, put it back and find a Marilyn Keyes or an RDI. You'll find your afternoon was not wasted as mine was.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not A Lot To Rave About, February 5, 2003

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Caroline P. Hampton (Columbus, Ohio USA) - See all my reviews
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"Falling For Mr. Wrong" by Caroline Upcher is just another in a long line of female scorned - "ohhh my life is [bad]" --- "I wish I could find a man to make me happy" fiction that is taking over the country. Now - don't get me wrong -- I love "chick lit" (as it has become commonly known) but this didn't even live up to the "chick" part - much less the "lit" part.

I found the main character and chief complainer Polly de Soto completely annoying and I will confess that I gave up at about chapter 18. I decided I had much better things to do with my time (consider that I recently got laid off from my job - so my time if pretty clear - doesn't that tell you something?) It's really not worth your time or money. There are many more interesting, romantic and telling stories out there. Check those out - there are many of us out there that have reviewed them. :) Cheers!

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1.0 out of 5 stars I hadn't expected much from this novel..., January 7, 2003

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This review is from: Falling for Mr. Wrong (Paperback)

...but I am still disappointed with it. I mean, who wants to waste time reading a bomb? Not only is Falling for Mr. Wrong unoriginal, the heroine spends the majority of the novel complaining about having helped her ex-husband become a successful film producer. This chick lit falls into the run-of-the-mill variety -- thus, I suggest you skip it.