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The Pajama Game

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Rebecca "Moxie" Brecker tried teaching science to middle school students, but while she remained in a state of rest her pupils seem to be in a perpetual state that proves sexual energy never vanishes only changes form. Unable to deal with the fifth state of matter (teenagers), Moxie quits the classroom to work at the local lingerie chain store. She still feels tired.

Moxie is attracted to her new Combat Zone neighbor Steven Tyler who receives a lot of packages from fans confusing him with that singer-father of the actresses. Though he is friendly he never seems to move beyond showing her his latest "gift"; Moxie wonders if he sells drugs. Moxie is dragging from dealing with cups and serial underwear thieves so is unable to follow up with the ringless hunk that came in to buy lingerie. Her shrink insists her fatigue is psychosomatic, but when Moxie finally gets tested, she learns that she must deal with a physical disease not mental burnout. While her only friend Gerald freaks out over James Spader, Steven tries to persuade Moxie that she is his foxy.

Although the story line contains a serious subplot involving health, the well being of this story line centers on the heroine's amusing asides. Steven is a delightful support character trying to convince Moxie that he is not a dealer and that he wants her; Gerald enables the audience to see deeper inside Moxie. Although the numerous subplots tie together, they can leave a reader weary trying to follow yet Eugenie Seifer Olson provides a very humorous chick lit Bostonian joyride.

Harriet Klausner

This was a fun read. Glad to find out her diagnosis, as she was getting a bit whiny. Didn't particularly like the ending.

i bought this book for my girlfriend and she didnt put it down for 3 days, she read it straight thru!

I read the back of this book and thought that it would be really great. Usually I am a good judge when it comes to that. But boy was I wrong about this one. The writer needed to take more time and deepen her characters. The main thing I hate about certain women writers is that they do a "STEREOTYPICAL" gay guy. I am an avid reader of gay male fiction and none of the characters in those novels are anything like the ones written in Chick Lit. She also greatly underestimates the intelligence of her reader. There is a part in the book where the manufactuer sends some bathrobes to the lingere store where Moxie works. In it was a note that said there was a mistake on the tags. The S was actually an XS the M and S and the L a M. That is not at all complicated for a compentent adult to figure out. The writer has Moxie be confused by this for a few minutes. Why would anyone who went to college and then to graduate school have any problem with those instructions? They wouldnt. And her jokes are not at all funny. They are trying to hard to be witty. She is not dry enough with her sarcasm. The book only got better right when it was about to end. Right as I was starting to enjoy it, it was over. I was so disappointed. I do NOT reccomend this book. But I do reccomend that you pick up SOMETHING BORROWED and SOMETHING BLUE. Both by EMILY GIFFIN. I loved these. Couldnt put them down. I finished each in a day.

I picked this book based on the adorable cover and was sorely disappointed. The story line went nowhere and the characters were cardboard cutouts and stick figures. Disappointed with the latest Avon offerings and this one is no different. Don't waste your money.