Shopping for Love [Paperback]

Rachel Levy Lesser (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 13, 2008

Shopping for Love is a memoir written by first-time author Rachel Levy Lesser. It tells the story of Lesser's life through vignettes of her shopping experiences with her grandmother, aunt, and mother over the course of twenty-five years. Shopping was a long-standing tradition in Lesser´s family, and it became a gift for her mother throughout her long battle with cancer, in fact, extending the quality and quantity of her mother's life. It is written with humor through a daughter's eyes and her understanding of life and its joys and sorrows.

Laid out in chronological order, each vignette reveals information about family members and important lessons learned along the way. The Devil Wears Prada meets Tuesdays with Morrie in this heartfelt, humorous journey of a daughter coming to terms with her young mother's mortality, the strength she found in the example her mother set, and the hope they discovered together in the ladies' dressing room.

Readers will laugh through their tears and identify with the bond that every daughter has with her mother, and each mother with her daughter too. They will be transported to the dressy shoe floor at Neiman Marcus, the Trish McEvoy makeup counter at Henri Bendel's, and then back to the chemotherapy treatment room at Jefferson University Hospital. Lesser's story reminds us that it is the little moments that often hold the most meaning and memory.

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About the Author

Rachel Levy Lesser inherited the shopping gene from her grandmother, aunt, and mother. She is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and received her MBA in marketing from the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan. Rachel has worked in marketing for People, Teen People, People En Español, Real Simple, Life, and Sports Illustrated for Kids magazines. She is currently the director of marketing at a strategic marketing and design firm near Philadelphia. Rachel lives in Yardley, Pennsylvania, with her husband, Neil; son, Joey; and daughter, Rebecca. Rachel and Rebecca can be found shopping at Baby Gap, Bloomingdale's, and everywhere in between.

Product Details

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Xlibris Corporation (August 13, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1436346649
• ISBN-13: 978-1436346641
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,158,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Touching and funny memoir about a mother/daughter relationship, October 12, 2008

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This review is from: Shopping for Love (Paperback)

I loved this book. Lesser's touching story was sweet and painted a very vivid picture of her relationship with her mother and her family's response to her mother's cancer. It is also a very easy read. I highly recommend it.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderfully touching and funny--loved it!!, September 19, 2008

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J. Downs (Las Vegas, NV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Shopping for Love (Paperback)

I loved this book!! Rachel Levy Lesser combines humor and heart in this touching story of family, love and shopping through the years. I laughed and cried at the same time!! A must read for sure!!!