Mine Are Spectacular!: A Novel [Large Print] [Hardcover]

Janice Kaplan (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: 2005

From Publishers Weekly Thecoauthors of The Botox Diaries reprise their flighty, feel-good formula for women's fiction with their second novel, about affluent divorced women friends living in a Westchester-style suburb of New York City. Sara, a caterer in her early 40s whose first husband, James, ran off to Patagonia eight years ago, has moved into her fiancé Bradford's house in Hadley Farms with her young son, Dylan. Sara's best friend, Kate, a fancy Manhattan dermatologist, is having an affair with a wealthy married man, Owen, while their other friend Berni, pregnant with twins, has relocated from the West Coast, having left her job as a successful Hollywood agent to embrace motherhood. Complications ensue for all: Bradford's snide ex-wife drops in, and their rude 14-year-old daughter, Skylar, makes hell for Sara, just when James reappears to win Sara back. However, Sara's catering career takes off after a cable TV appearance, while Owen decides to leave his blond trophy wife. Predictably, Sara and Skylar become friends, Bradford and Sara prove a lasting match and even Kate makes a sage decision regarding Owen. "Getting older and smarter and more confident isn't that bad," the ladies collectively decide. This is a cotton-candy read-sweet, if a bit stale-for a day at the beach. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 420 pages
• Publisher: RB Large Print; Sixth Printing edition (2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419375989
• ISBN-13: 978-1419375989
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (47 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,525,743 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Deep Dark Secret, June 28, 2005

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Eclectic Reader (Santa Monica, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mine Are Spectacular!: A Novel (Hardcover)

I'm not the target audience for a book like this; I'm a middle-aged man. (So arrest me.) But when women's fiction (okay, what's often called "chick lit") is done this well, I love it. (I enjoyed Bridget Jones, "The Devil Wears Prada," "Four Blondes.") But I remembered how much I enjoyed "The Botox Diaries," by these same authors, so I picked up this one, too -- and once again found myself laughing, nodding in recognition (the authors get so much about New York and its environs so very right), and looking forward to reading the next chapter. I tell myself it will help me to understand my wife better, but it's really beause a book this good, this funny, and this insightful (yes, it's that, too) is such a pleasure to come across. No matter what genre it falls into. A real pleasure from start to finish.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A FAST, FUN READ, August 9, 2005

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RK "RK" (Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mine Are Spectacular!: A Novel (Hardcover)

This book has it all...snippy teenagers, sniping ex-es, a hilarious scene with Billy Crystal at a ballgame and three women who are great friends. I loved,loved, loved it!

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars product placement at its best, July 25, 2005

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C. Martin "OrignalCyn" (Chesterfield, MI) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mine Are Spectacular!: A Novel (Hardcover)

Mine Are Spectacular is an OK book if you want to read about every product that can be endorsed under the sun. I really felt like I was reading an advertisement. Predictable plot line at best.