In One Year and Out the Other [Kindle Edition]

Cara Lockwood (Author), Pamela Redmond Satran (Author), Beth Kendrick (Author), Megan McAndrew (Author), Tracy McArdle (Author), Kathleen O'Reilly (Author), Eileen Rendahl (Author), Diane Stingley (Author), Libby Street (Author), Christina Delia (Author)

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Product Description

Out with the old, in with the new, and on with the party!

Maybe it's just another midnight...or maybe there really is magic in the air when December 31st becomes January 1st, and confetti kisses and champagne toasts kick off a new year, a new romance, a new look, a new attitude.

Celebrate the start of something new with In One Year and Out the Other...a sparkling collection of all new stories by today's rising fiction stars:

Cara Lockwood puts self-improvement to the test with 528 resolutions -- not least of which is "Do not sleep with married men" -- in "Resolved: A New Year's Resolution List"...Pamela Redmond Satran instructs a single mom in the fine art of partying like the boys (have lots of sex, don't worry that you're too fat) in "How to Start the New Year Like a Guy"...Diane Stingley shows a twentysomething why there's more to life than waiting by the phone for a New Year's date in "Expecting a Call"...Megan McAndrew seizes the day -- or just a very special one-night stand -- for a single food stylist hungering for more in "The Future of Sex"...and more great tales from Kathleen O'Reilly, Beth Kendrick, Eileen Rendahl, Tracy McArdle and Libby Street.

About the Author

Cara Lockwood is also the author of I Do (But I Don't), which was made into a Lifetime movie, as well as Pink Slip Party and Dixieland Sushi, and Every Demon Has His Day, all available from Downtown Press. She was born in Dallas, Texas, and earned a Bachelor's degree in English from the University of Pennsylvania. She has worked as a journalist in Austin, and is now married and living in Chicago. Her husband is not a rock star, but he does play the guitar -- poorly.

Pamela Redmond Satran is also the author of Younger, Babes in Captivity, and The Man I Should Have Married. She lives in New Jersey with her husband, who is an editor for Reuters, and their three children. The coauthor of the bestselling baby-naming books Beyond Jennifer & Jason, Madison & Montana and Cool Names, Satran is a regular contributor to Glamour, Good Housekeeping, and Parenting.

Visit Pamela's website at www.pamelaredmondsatran.com.

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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 477 KB
• Print Length: 388 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1416503307
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Original edition (November 28, 2006)
• Sold by: Simon and Schuster Digital Sales Inc
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000MGAU8Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,105 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great read for the start of a new year!, January 1, 2005

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Danielle (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In One Year and Out the Other (Paperback)

I got this book for Christmas and I read it in one day, it was that addicting.
The Bad Breakup Regime by Beth Kendrick was pretty good and a little misleading.The story is about a man and woman who live together after their mates dumped both of them for the others mates.

Resolved: A new Year's Resolution List by Cara Lockwood was also pretty good and I love the other books that Cara Lockwood has written.The story shows a woman who is far from perfect and she has to sort through her issues.

The Future of sex by Megan McAndrew was a so-so story, not that great.The character seemed a little too desperate for me and she seemed to have no conscience.

Happily Never After by Tracy McArdle was pretty good and I thought it also lead you to believe something was going to happen.The story is about a woman who seems happy until she has to go through something difficult and she finds comfort in an unexpected place.

Halo, Goodbye by Kathleen O'Reilly was not very good in my opinion. The story takes place in Heaven and it just seemed too far out for me.

Midnight Kiss by Eileen Rendahl is a pretty good story about friends.

How to start the new Year like a guy by Pamela Redmond Satran was a so-so story, nothing great and the title pretty much explains what the story is about.

Expecting a call by Diane Stingley is a pretty good story and it is a twist on a Christmas Carol.

The Luckiest People by Libby Street was also a pretty good story about a girl who finds herself in bed with a movie star, except she can't remember his name.

Great short story book for those who love chick lit. My favorite stories are Resolved: A New Year's Resolution List and my least favorites are probably Halo, Goodbye and The Future of Sex. But still pick up this book and check it for yourself.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A very happy New Year indeed, January 15, 2005

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Always Reading (sunny california) - See all my reviews

This review is from: In One Year and Out the Other (Paperback)

Reading this book just puts you in the New Years mood! Seriously - when you read it, you're going to want to pop open a bottle of champagne and celebrate with everyone in sight!

This was an awesome anthology, though as with all anthologies, some stories were better than others. The best ones were probably Cara Lockwood's story which focuses on a girl trying to get over an affair she had with a married man, and also Libby Street's, which deals with a one night stand and not recognizing the guy in her bed the next morning. Makes me excited to read her upcoming debut novel.

On the lamer side were stories like "The Future of Sex" which is basically about a woman who decides she should get artificial inseminated because she wants a baby. But even though some of the stories were worse than others, none were actually BAD, they just weren't ones I'd read again.

So I'd say that every woman should get a book like this, and when the new year comes around again, you'll be prepared to celebrate weeks early and can begin celebrating while reading this in bed.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Some good stories, May 24, 2005

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Bearette24 (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: In One Year and Out the Other (Paperback)

I thought this short story collection was better than "American Girls About Town," also from Downtown Press. Here are my favorite stories from "In One Year and Out the Other", in no particular order:

Beth Kendrick, "The Bad Breakup Regime": This is a fun story about a man and a woman who seclude themselves and eat Doritos while watching bad television, after the woman's boyfriend leaves her for the man's girlfriend. After sulking for a few months, they whip themselves into the best shape possible so they can hold their heads high at the company New Year's Eve party. Both women work there and all four of the main characters show up at the party, with some surprising results.

Cara Lockwood, "Resolved: A New Year's Resolution List": this story is about Megan, who was dating a married man until recently, and has now drawn up a 600-item resolution list to "improve herself." This story has surprising emotional depth, but is still funny, as Megan deals with group therapy ("this is a safe space") and new love.

Pamela Redmond Satran, "How To Start the New Year Like a Guy": this is about a married woman who decides to act more like a guy in a number of ways. Maybe not surprisingly, she gets her husband to act more like a girl.

Diane Stingley, "Expecting a Call": this was a good story about a woman who's waiting to hear from a guy who got her number at a party. He never calls, but the woman does receive visits from 3 ghosts who give her surprising insight into herself. Sort of a modern-day Scrooge tale about New Year's Eve instead of Christmas.