Getting Rid of Rosie [Mass Market Paperback]

Lynda Simmons (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 4, 2009

An outrageously entertaining debut novel of life, love, death-and the afterlife.

Rosie Fisk was once Samantha Marcello's best friend-but that was before she ran off with Sam's fiancé, Michael, seven years ago. Since then Sam has found a new love, The Silver Swan, her pub. And just as it seems that time has healed all her wounds, Michael walks back into her life-and now he's a widower.

With Rosie out of the picture, and unable to ignore the feelings she still has for him, Sam takes the opportunity to reconcile with Michael. But Rosie isn't about to let death stop her from keeping them apart. Her ghost has been hanging around her husband, playing on his grief and guilt-and only Sam can see her.

Rosie stole Michael from her once. But this time Sam is going to exorcise her once and for all...

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 18 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 384 pages
• Publisher: Berkley Trade; Original edition (August 4, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0425227928
• ISBN-13: 978-0425227923
• Product Dimensions: 7.9 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,520,340 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Lynda Simmons is a writer by day, college instructor by night and a late sleeper on weekends. She grew up in Toronto reading Greek mythology, bringing home stray cats and making up stories about bodies in the basement. From an early age, her family knew she would either end up as a writer or the old lady with a hundred cats. As luck would have it, she married a man with allergies so writing it was.

With two daughters to raise, Lynda and her husband moved into a lovely two storey mortgage in Burlington, a small city on the water just outside Toronto. While the girls are grown and gone, Lynda and her husband are still there. And yes, there is a cat - a beautiful, if spoiled, Birman.

When she's not writing or teaching, Lynda gives serious thought to using the treadmill in her basement. Fortunately, she's found that if she waits long enough, something urgent will pop up and save her - like a phone call or an e-mail or a whistling kettle. Or even that cat just looking for a little more attention!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5 stars 5 Hearts from TRS!, February 23, 2010

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Tina Pavlik "Tina" (East Coast, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Rid of Rosie (Kindle Edition)

Lynda Simmons pens a novel that's full of angst, laughter and life. We get to know Rosie through Samantha's memories as well as the fact that she's the only living person who can see the games Rosie plays with those around her. It's funny as she teases strangers. I'm thinking it will get the reader's emotions working in a different direction when she does her little ghostly thing on Michael or daughter Julie to get her way no matter what the cost to them.

Excellent dialogue and character studies that show how relationships can be built or destroyed help this become a believable and memorable tale of friendship and love. Eva, Sam's tattooed, bald chef has her own story to tell that deepens the content. Johnny, the wanna-be Shakespearean actor who doubles as a bus boy, Loretta, Sam's well-intentioned grandmother, and others like Derek, Michael's brother, enhance this already enchanting tale.

It's great when a few characters who makes us want to grit our teeth in frustration are offset by others who we'd like to hug. Ms. Simmons tells the kind of tale I really like reading in a way that's sure to keep anyone's attention from first page to last. - Dee Dailey

5.0 out of 5 stars Love this book!!!, August 24, 2009

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Suzanne M. Hurley - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Rid of Rosie (Mass Market Paperback)

Getting rid of Rosie is a great read! I couldn't put it down. Needless to say chores got put aside as I rushed to find out what happened, then was sad that I'd finished the book. I wanted more. Great job goes out to Lynda Simmons. I laughed, I cried and thoroughly enjoyed the humor, the outstanding dialogue and exciting story lines. I loved all the colorful characters. This is a must read book. I highly recommend it.

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4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyable lighthearted paranormal romance, August 8, 2009

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Harriet Klausner - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Getting Rid of Rosie (Mass Market Paperback)

Seven years ago in Toronto, Samantha Marcello loved her fiancé Michael Hughes. However, he ran off and married her best friend Rosie Fisk. Sam turned to her business the Silver Swan pub for solace, which in her mind and heart apparently worked.

Now a widower Michael is back in town and wants Sam back in his life. However, Rosie may be dead, but she also has returned; she will do anything to keep Michael and Sam apart. Both haunt Sam as Rosie makes it clear from the grave that she still does not want her ex BFF with her husband even as Michael pleads for a second chance. However, neither of them haunts Sam as much as Michael's compassionate power tool using brother Derek does.

Sort of combining the TV show Cheers with the movie Over Her Dead Body, GETTING RID OF ROSIE is an enjoyable lighthearted paranormal romance that brings to life Toronto from a living and dead perspective. Although the story line is thin, the eccentric support cast adds to the zany comedy; however it is a couple of delightful refreshing twists that make for a fun read.

Harriet Klausner