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Someday My Prince Will Come: True Adventures of a Wannabe Princess [Hardcover]

Jerramy Fine (Author)
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January 10, 2008
A hilarious screwball fairytale about a small-town girl who dreams of finding love with a real-life English prince

Most young girls dream of becoming a princess. But unlike most girls, Jerramy Fine never grew out of it. Strangely drawn to the English royal family since she was a toddler, Jerramy finds Peter Phillips (the Queen’s oldest grandson) in a royal family tree when she is only six years old, and decides immediately that he will be her future husband.
But growing up with hippie parents (who gave her a boy’s name!) in the middle of a rodeo-loving farm town makes finding her prince a much bigger challenge than Jerramy ever bargained for. She spends her childhood writing love-letters to Peter c/o Buckingham Palace, and years later, when her sense of destiny finally brings her to London, she must navigate the murky waters of English social circles, English etiquette and English dating. Along the way, she meets Princess Anne (Peter’s mother), befriends Earl Spencer, and parties with the Duchess of York. Yet life is not the Hugh Grant movie she hoped it would be. Her flatmates are lunatics, London is expensive, and English boys can be infuriating. But just when she thinks it might be time to give up and return to America, Peter magically appears in her life.

Someday My Prince Will Come is a hilarious and heartwarming true story about following your heart and having the courage to pursue your childhood dream no matter how impossible it seems.

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Many little girls dream of becoming a princess and finding their Prince Charming. Fine was no different and, at the age of six, traced the Windsor family tree to Peter Phillips, an English royal of her same age, and announced she would marry him. Unlike other girls, however, this dream did not fade away with adolescence. With a story line akin to a chick lit novel, her memoir follows her single-minded path to become suitable wife material for a prince, to move to England and to be swept away in a royal romance. Born to hippie parents in rural Colorado, Fine comes of age feeling out of place and escapes to the East Coast for college and then to graduate school in London. There she ingratiates herself into English social circles, eventually rubbing shoulders with Princess Anne, the Duchess of York and others. Amid her lessons in British society and the universal woes of dating, she also gains the important knowledge that the strength of one's conviction can be the strongest predictor of one's fate. Provided the reader doesn't grimace to see her determination, intelligence and grace used to pursue a man she's never met, Fine's is a charming and humorous story. (Jan.)
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"Jerramy Fine doesn't need a prince to corner the market on 'charming.' Someday My Prince Will Come is a real-life fairytale with twists and delights on every page. Tuck it in your beach bag... right next to your tiara."
—Jen Lancaster, author of Bitter is the New Black

“Jerramy Fine is almost too good to be true: a beautiful, intelligent American girl who thinks there's something attractive and romantic about Upper Class Englishmen. I thought girls like that only existed in Richard Curtis movies, but apparently I'm wrong. It's heartwarming to know that there are still people out there who think of England as a fairy-tale kingdom.”
—Toby Young, author of How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Gotham (January 10, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1592403522
  • ISBN-13: 978-1592403523
  • Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (125 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,114,412 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Born in 1977, Jerramy Sage Fine grew up in Western Colorado along with her little brother Ezra. Although she was raised by crazy hippy parents, she still maintains there was a dreadful hospital mix-up and she was switched at birth with the baby daughter of English aristocrats. Jerramy attended the University of Rochester where she spent her semester abroad working in the House of Commons, and later completed her master's at the London School of Economics. She now lives in London with her English husband. He's not royal, but she forgives him.

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31 of 32 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars a delightful and hilarious memoir for all princess lovers, January 21, 2008
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I found this book purely by accident while searching for something else on Amazon and enjoyed it so much that it has inspired me to post my first review! This true story of a princess-obsessed American who is certain she is fated to marry into Britain's royal family captured my imagination so much that I read the entire book in one evening. The author's intelligence and self-deprecating sense of humor is what makes the book so delightful.
This book is suitable for teenagers as well as adults and is sure to enchant anyone who has dreamed a big dream, however ridiculous it may seem to others.

Highly recommended--this book is sure to make you laugh and provide entertainment as well as food for thought (for example, the author's insights into upper-crust British society were fascinating as was her affectionate portrayal of her very quirky hippy family in Colorado).
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A joy to read - modern day royal romance, January 10, 2008
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"Jerramy Fine writes romantic comedy with effortless hilarity as you join her transatlantic search for a bona fide English prince. Destined to become a weed-smoking hippy vegan living on a commune in Colorado, the author rejects her counterculture roots and follows her heart - catapulting herself to the center of London society. She charms her way through The House of Commons, royal receptions and countless dates with Hugh grant look-alikes - but will she ever meet her royal soulmate? By far, the funniest and wittiest memoir I have ever encountered - highly recommended for all anglophiles, royalists and any small town girl that believes in the power of dreams."
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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Read about her run ins with the royals! Fave book in a long time!, January 10, 2008
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Upon finishing this unique novel, I felt the immediate earge to write a review. Jerramy Fine's heartfelt memoir takes the reader into the mind of a young American woman seeking out what she feels is her royal birth right. The book is very relatable- I think a lot of young women as "grown ups" still have that sneaking desire to be a princess, but Jerramy's adventure shows us that we have to find the princess in ourselves. I was so moved and amused by this book all at the same time! The juxtaposition of her eccentric small town upbringing and her life-long love affair with English aristocracy is brilliantly witty, honest and amusingly educational for those who wonder what life in the UK is really like. I've never heard a personal story like this one- so full of funny real life situations, run ins with royalty and true ambition. Pick it up- you'll be moved.
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Jerramy, as a friend, I'm telling you that you're absolutely delusional." Read the first page
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Buckingham Palace, Peter Phillips, Hugh Grant, Miss Fine, Princess Anne, Snow White, Captain Hook, Windsor Castle, Earl Spencer, The Princess Royal, Princess Diana, Prince Charles, Prince William, Tony Blair, New Year's Eve, Hyde Park, Canary Wharf, Princess Grace, John's Wood, Grace Kelly, Lord's Cricket Ground, Home Office, Crown Jewels, Indigo Child, Tower of London
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