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Gucci Gucci Coo

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I loved this book beacuse it was such an orginial book. Light and fun with a trace of mystery, this book is such a great read.
Ruby finds herself in a sticky situation when her mother finds out that she is pregnant. Ruby, single in her 30's, is finding her job at a baby boutique becoming more and more taxing as the celebrity baby boom explodes in London. Ruby finds herself at the center of a hospital controversy involving her newest love interest and a customer of her botique.

As Ruby searches to uncover the truth, she finds out new things about herself, her family, and her love interest. What a great book with an awesome and unexpected ending!

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Ruby knows her celebrities, and not only from the gossip mags she devours. She has met many professionally since she runs Les Sprogs, the classy Notting Hill maternity and baby shop. Ruby enjoys her work and her life, but her artist mother is gently pushing for Ruby to find a new man. When her parents invite her over for "a talk" Ruby expects to hear more of the same. Instead, she's appalled to learn that her mum is pregnant. Ruby, aged 32, will become a big sister for the first time. Shouldn't she be the one settling down and having babies? She can't help feeling unsettled and jealous.

Ruby signs on at St. Luke's Hospital to speak to expectant mothers about what they need to buy for their newborns. She marvels to the manager of the prenatal department that the many celebrities giving birth at St. Luke's are amazingly thin, both before and after delivering. The manager acts oddly anxious, hurriedly saying she can't discuss her patients.

When Ruby leaves her meeting with the manager, she literally runs into Sam, an attractive American gynecologist. Ruby had actually met Sam previously when he overheard her on the phone discussing a visit with her own gyno in which her doctor discovered a postage stamp in a very, uh, unexpected place. Sam is hot, but the fact that he is a gynecologist gives Ruby pause.

Meanwhile, Ruby is surrounded with infants and yearnings for infants. Her co-worker Chanel is struggling to get pregnant, while Ruby's best friend Fi is a bundle of exhaustion from sleepless nights with her newborn. Pregnant movie star Claudia Planchette arrives at Les Sprogs to try on maternity swimsuits. Ruby accidentally glimpses the unclothed Claudia through a crack in the dressing room curtains --- and can't believe her eyes. The supposedly expectant star is wearing a bodysuit with a fake six-months-pregnant belly. But why? It makes no sense, and eventually Ruby persuades herself that Claudia must have been wearing a maternity girdle.

While at the hospital giving her layette talk to wealthy expectant mothers, Ruby learns they are dieting in hopes of remaining as thin as the much-publicized movie star moms. This is a sickening turn of events and Ruby is horrified at the thought of mothers denying their unborn babies (as well as themselves) nourishment because of vanity.

Ruby and Sam's paths cross again when she attends Fi's infant son's ritual circumcision. When, under the influence of a mixture of painkillers and champagne, she nearly passes out, Sam attends to her. Yet another inauspicious meeting, to say the least, especially after Ruby chatters drunkenly, saying things she can only eternally regret. Sam is undeterred, however, and the two are magnetically drawn together into the beginning of a blissful relationship.

In the midst of her joy with Sam, Ruby confronts mysteries. What are the calls Sam receives that so obviously trouble him, but that he refuses to discuss? What's the hinted-at story with his brother? What bizarre happenings surround the celebrity mothers at St. Luke's? Is Sam truly the person she believes he is?

GUCCI GUCCI COO is part mystery and part romance, laden with hysterically funny scenes and characters readers will believe they've been friends with for years. Sue Margolis juggles and weaves several storylines, employing unforeseen twists in the tale culminating in an unforgettable climax --- which all makes for perfect escape reading on a lazy summer's afternoon.

--- Reviewed by Terry Miller Shannon (terryms2001@yahoo.com)

This book was a bit different than typical "chick lit." However, perhaps sticking to the "formula" for writing chick lit would have been a better idea for Margolis.

It's a good story, and she generally makes her characters likeable, which is the strongest point of the book. The plot lines are a bit far fetched with Sam's (the male love interest) family associations and a hospital's ethics. But it is interesting despite those things.

I think this book is suited well for someone looking for something light and mindless to read. In other words, "Gucci Gucci Coo" (which could be the cutest title I have ever heard) is the perfect summer beach/pool side read. I enjoyed reading it.

Running Les Sprogs, an elite baby boutique, is the perfect opportunity for Ruby Silverman. It gives her the chance to work towards her dream of opening her own shop.

Though she enjoys her line of work and the direction her life is headed in, she can't help but to feel a little pressure to find the right man and maybe start a family of her own. When she heads over to her parents house one day, she gets hit with the most unexpected news ... Her mother is pregnant. Ruby discovers that she will be a 32 year old older sister and it sort of scares her. If she's not mistaken, the shoe should definitely be on the other foot and she should be the one starting a new family.

Luckily for her she has another job at St. Luke's Hospital to keep her occupied. She gets a chance to talk to expectant mothers and give them advice about items they will need for their newborn babies.

Upon leaving an appointment of her own, Ruby bumps into a devastatingly handsome American gynecologist by the name of Sam Epstein, who she meets under the most embarrassing of situations. Their paths cross again through her best friend and they hit it off immediately. But she can't help but to be a bit suspicious when some clues lead her to believe that the utterly sexy Sam may be a part of some shady business dealings going on at the hospital.

Between trying to get to the bottom of all the hospital drama, figuring out if Sam is the man she thought he was, being there for her best friends Fi and Chanel and convincing her mom that she won't be a singleton forever Ruby has a lot on her plate.

GUCCI GUCCI COO is a hilarious tale with great twists and an even greater ending.

I agree with another poster, it was slow at first but did pick up. There are some sex scenes played out in the book but from the looks of her other books, that is how this author is. This book wouldn't be my first recommendation but if someone asked, I would tell them to read it.

I found this book to be rather boring at the beginning. Besides trying to decipher the British English (since it varies so much from American English) nothing was really reeling me in. I'm glad I continued on, though.

The mystery definitely drew me in. Unlike the other reviewer, I enjoyed the sex scenes. I didn't find them crude or distasteful at all.

While the ending was awfully Hollywoodish for me, it was still a good mindless read.

Celebs using body suits to pretend they are pregnant while using surrogate mothers and claiming the babies were born the natural way. Also, celebs using body suits since they don't want to put any weight, favoring the now ultra thin mothers to be, those who lose the baby weight in less than a month.

Well it's a creative idea, as is Guatemalan week at Les Sprogs, the baby shop that Ruby and her posh cousin Stella manage; only Ruby is too tacky for Stella and she quits the partnership.

Dating a Gynecologist who delivers your 50 year old mom's newborn baby girl when you have 32 is also a creative take but the novel just didn't do it for me I was eager to put it down at any given moment when in reality when I am engrossed in a great read, I definitely cannot put the book down.

I would recommend it for people who have no other reading material and want to have 2 or 3 laughs. Just an OK book there's no other way to it.

I luved this book so much, wished that I could read more about Ruby and Sam, Ruby is an amazing person and so was sam. I laughed a lot and Cried a lot. Especially when Ruby thought that Sam was Cheating on her and He was so lying to her but he could not explaing what and she told him to leave and he didnt plea to not break off the relationship... Amazing and Again I want to read more about Ruby and Sam!!

This was a very good book. I recieved very good service from the seller and the book arrived in the condition it was listed as.

Overall, this was a cute book. I really liked the story line and the character development wasn't bad (I really enjoyed Chanel). The writing was really horrific though. She feels the need to repeat minute details over and over. It really kills the suspense of some of the scenes, like when she accidentally drinks champagne after taking pain pills. The author reminds you a few times that this is a bad mix, so it really kills the comedy factor. There are also times the author tries to throw in pop culture references, perhaps to connect to the audience more. This really only dates the book though. As others have said, the book has a slow start. The real plot line of the book doesn't even start until page 100 or so.

I haven't finished the book yet, but I guess the fact that I'm still reading it is saying something. It's a good cheesy summer read, but nothing I'd recommend to friends.