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Slacker Girl [Paperback]

Alexandra Koslow (Author)
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Book Description

July 31, 2007
A hilarious debut novel about life, love, and the pursuit of leisure

Jane Cooper is a different kind of New York woman. Charmingly unambitious in workaholic New York City, Jane believes that until corporate life was unfairly glamorized in “propaganda” films of the 1980s such as Working Girl, there were more people like her: connoisseurs of leisure. Still, a girl does have to pay the rent, so Jane finds a corporate job that supports her lifestyle. Unaware that her cute, hipster boss Ray just put his neck on the line to keep her from being fired, she and her best friend, Rebecka, take off on possibly the worst timed vacation. When Jane finds out that her commitment to slacking may be causing real world problems, she springs into action, putting even Joan Collins’s character in Dynasty to shame to save her job, her company, her friendship, and her heart. Fun, edgy, and starring an irresistible heroine, this is a book for every working girl (and slacker) who has ever wanted to step outside the corporate box.

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Jane Cooper is a New Yorker committed to leisure: even though she has a job in client relations at a financial firm, she makes a point of spending her weekday mornings hanging out and doing embroidery while pretending to be in client meetings. When Rebecka, Jane's rich best friend, offers to take her to an expensive South Beach resort to help mend Rebecka's broken heart, Jane doesn't hesitate. She's unaware, however, of what her failure to do her job really means for others-at her company, and beyond. After epithet-studded heartache talk, makeovers and barhopping, it turns out that Jane really does care about something other than hanging out. Koslow's adept, entertaining debut manages, to the surprise of narrator Jane, to celebrate the good that comes from committing to work and love.
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About the Author

ALEXANDRA KOSLOW graduated Kutztown University with a bachelor’s degree in fine arts, with a concentration in photography. Slacker Girl is her first novel. She has worked in advertising, mixology (aka, bartending), and publishing.

Product Details

  • Paperback: 252 pages
  • Publisher: Plume; First Printing edition (July 31, 2007)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0452288371
  • ISBN-13: 978-0452288379
  • Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #132,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Really fun book!, August 14, 2007
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Fun book- I thoroughly enjoyed it! A quick read with lots of wit and charm! The heroine calls her briefcase her 'griefcase'---natch. (Now I do too. ) Koslow knows how to sling the whole downtown chic vibe but is never condescending or too cool for school... It's got an edgy groove but is still entirely relatable. The story is cute but the real heartbeat of the book is the author's voice- flip and cynical, yet still insightful and optimistic- all the while being completely hilarious. That's something special and exactly why I'd love to read more from her. And I'd love it to be something with 1st person narrative - maybe even a memoir or somethin' like that. Anyway this book is great for poolside while sipping a cocktail- preferably on vacation, cause it will make you wanna go on one .
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, September 11, 2007
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From the cover art this book looks like it is a fun light read. After finishing it, I discovered that not only does it live up to my initial impressions but that it also has a deeper message hidden in the light satirical and witty banter between Jane and her friends/enemies and frenemies. This is a great read.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out loud - fun read. Don't take it too seriously., July 9, 2008
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I'm amazed that some would not love this book. It was hilarious. Jane's obserations of the uptight workaholics around her are a riot. This book is written in a smart & witty way. I've passed this book along to many. FUN, Fun, Fun all the way thru. I love how everything seems to work out for Jane. This is a laugh-out-loud read.
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