Manshare [Hardcover]

Maxine Paetro (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1986

another sultry, romantic novel.

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

Fashion editor Hanna Coleman is tired of scribbling upbeat fluff for her monthly column in the glossy magazine Urban Life. In a bid for promotion, she proposes a cover story of mansharing, an alternative for upwardly mobile women discomfited by the lack of available professional men. Her boss counters with the suggestion that she write the piece from personal experience, and in the heat of an editorial meeting, Hanna agrees. Best friend Mahelly is horrified, but her single, unwilling celibate status following a marital separation makes her a perfect candidate to help out. After some headshaking, Hanna's boyfriend, Guy, agrees to share his skills as a lover. Predictably, Mahelly falls in love, Hanna lives in fear, and Guy takes his time deciding which way to jumpa choice further complicated by a designing, sexy woman at work. There's not much heart in this first novel, and the sex that suffuses its pages is faintly clinical and veers toward offensive at times. Its spicy plot is likely to draw readers, nonetheless. 40,000 first printing; $50,000 ad/promo; paperback rights to Warner; Literary Guild alternate; Doubleday Book Club selection.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Library Journal

Will Hanna Coleman, fashion editor of upscale New York mag Urban Life , risk her lover and her best friend for success? Second thoughts aside, you bet. When Hanna, with a yen to be feature editor, proposes a story about modern urban women sexually sharing the short supply of available men, darkly handsome editor-in-chief David Stein wants a first-person perspective. So Hanna shares lovable Guy, probably her Mr. Right, with old friend Mahelly, who's separated and longing to get laid. In this trendy Manhattan milieu of beautiful women and "furry" men, the outcome is predictable. What is more surprising is that this first novel, with stock characters and more salacious than literary value, should get so much industry attention. Some readers will eat this up, but it's definitely dispensable. Literary Guild and Doubleday Book Club selection. Michele Leber, Fairfax Cty. P.L., Va.
Copyright 1986 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Henry Holt & Co; First Edition edition (April 1986)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 087131472X
• ISBN-13: 978-0871314727
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,595,531 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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