If the Shoe Fits [Paperback]

Stephanie Rowe (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 2005

Behind Every Successful Woman Is the Right Pair of Shoes. Run hard. Run fast. Just don't try to run in heels. Especially if your name is Paris Jackson and youre fashion-impaired. Designer labels and stilettos aren't exactly Paris's thing. Give her a pair of sneakers and she's a happy woman. That's why she's spending nights designing running shoes for her start-up company, and why she doesn't have time for an ex-husband on a therapy quest. A best friend with a death wish. A mom who has suddenly developed an obsession with funerals and sexy ex-cons, a boyfriend who's changing all the rules, and a confusing attraction to the boss about to fire her from her day job. And now people are telling her the way to succeed is through high-fashion shoes. Those will only trip Paris up. Won't they? She's about to find out.

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Editorial Reviews

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Strong secondary characters add to the laughs and provide poignant moments in this fine rendering of the quest for success. -- Romantic Times Bookclub Magazine, September 2005

From the Back Cover

Behind Every Successful Woman Is the Right Pair of Shoes. Run hard. Run fast. Just don't try to run in heels. Especially if your name is Paris Jackson and you’re fashion-impaired. Designer labels and stilettos aren't exactly Paris's thing. Give her a pair of sneakers and she's a happy woman. That's why she's spending nights designing running shoes for her start-up company, and why she doesn't have time for an ex-husband on a therapy quest. A best friend with a death wish. A mom who has suddenly developed an obsession with funerals and sexy ex-cons, a boyfriend who's changing all the rules, and a confusing attraction to the boss about to fire her from her day job. And now people are telling her the way to succeed is through high-fashion shoes. Those will only trip Paris up. Won't they? She's about to find out.

Product Details

• Paperback: 325 pages
• Publisher: Making It (September 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0843955619
• ISBN-13: 978-0843955613
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,678,829 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great book to read, June 3, 2006

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C. Brooks "Book lover" (Michigan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If the Shoe Fits (Paperback)

I read this book in less than a day because I just could not put it down. I had to know what was going to happen with JWP, Inc., whether Paris was every going to achieve her dreams and see her company succeed, and if all the people in her life truly had her best interest at heart.

I know that this is Chick-lit but there was a lot of real world experience that you can take away from this such as: trust your gut instinct, never give up on your dream but don't be afraid to make adjustment, learn to think with your head and not just with your heart, and sometimes you have to take off the rose colored glasses to really see a person.

I would truly recommend this book, you will not be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great chick lit book...., August 7, 2006

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Nikkie (Toledo, OH) - See all my reviews

This review is from: If the Shoe Fits (Paperback)

Paris Jackson has a lot on her plate for one woman. Trying to start up her own shoe company using a product she and her friends developed called Sfoam. A job at a local bank she's not entirely happy at, but she finds her boss attractive. A boyfriend who keeps changing the rules of their relationship, AND an ex-husband who wants her back. Not to mention her mom is now going to random funerals of people she doesn't even know and dating ex cons she finds in the personal ads?

It's enough to make Paris want to run, from everything and everyone.

Great book I enjoyed this one immensly. One of the best chick lit books I've read.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Didn't like the main character or the story, March 7, 2007

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Jane (Chicago, IL, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: If the Shoe Fits (Mass Market Paperback)

This is definitely a chic-lit book. I prefer romance novels. The story is about a woman's stresses and indecisions over work, friends and lovers. I didn't admire or like her. Because of her dream job at night, she was doing a poor job at the bank and that bothered me. No integrity. She would make up sicknesses to get out of work at the bank. I wasn't drawn into the story or other characters that much, except for Will, one of her lovers. I didn't laugh. Nothing surprised or delighted me other than having a happy ending. I would not recommend it.