Jimmy's Girl [Import] [Paperback]

Stephanie Gertler (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Dutton Books; Advanced Reading Copy. edition (2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0140298282
• ISBN-13: 978-0140298284
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great back story details, January 11, 2001

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David M. Scott "David Meerman Scott" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jimmy's Girl (Hardcover)

This surprisingly well written first novel jumps between the two perspectives of former sweethearts. Gertler does a great job mixing important back-story details from when the characters were teens thirty years earlier into each of the two narratives as she pushes the present-day stories forward. Too often back-story is written (and edited) without much thought, simply as a device to provide details to tie things together. But in Jimmy's Girl, the back-story is more important than the present and is written with power. This book took me by surprise. I was fortunate enough to receive an advance copy and expected to read only a couple of chapters, but ended up finishing it in two very enjoyable evenings.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ****Amazing****, February 14, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Jimmy's Girl (Hardcover)

I loved this book! It was so romantic! I couldn't put it down, yet I didn't want it to end! It is written beautifully. The characters become your friends. You can feel their pain and their joy. It is both funny and sad without trying to be either. When the book was over I felt like I had lost a good friend. I have recommended it to all my friends, and any of them that have read it have also loved it; mothers AND daughters. It is a timeless , beautiful story. I can't wait to see what this promising new authors next book is about.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great "what if" Book, January 22, 2001

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Amy Leemon (North Fond du Lac, WI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jimmy's Girl (Hardcover)

Emily feels neglected (she is), James feels he made some wrong choices (he did). But Emily carries "what if" one step further. She looks James up on the internet and phones him. He was her first love and they thought they had a future together until he went into the Marines and then to Vietnam. They arrange to meet each other for a weekend in Washington,DC. It's a little (a lot) unrealistic that their spouses don't put up more of a fuss but I guess if they did, the book would have been much shorter. In any case, they DO meet again and then it REALLY gets interesting.

If you like a book about relationships and second chances, you won't go wrong with this one.