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~ Alix Strauss (Author)
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The good news is: You've got a date. The bad news is: Your mother sent him.

Picture this: Mom swears she's found "the one" for you, her baby girl, and you end up on the date from hell. If you've been there, done that, you'll appreciate the dating catch-22 that is Have I Got a Guy for You.

In this take-no-prisoners collection of hilarious, wince-inducing true stories, you'll meet two dozen victims of Mom's well-meaning meddling and hear the unvarnished details of what they suffered through:

  • The schoolteacher who never wants to leave his house-or the couch
  • The mother who writes letter after letter to Michael Gelman, then-producer of LIVE with Regis & Kathie Lee, hoping to persuade him to ask her daughter out
  • The woman who's set up with her cousin-by-marriage
  • The writer who endures eights hours of a Dungeons & Dragons convention
  • The over-zealous actor who performs a monologue at Starbucks
  • And the lawyer who sadly can't perform . . . at all

About the Author

Alix Strauss is a media savvy social satirist. She is author of The Joy of Funerals: A Novel in Stories, which won the Ingram Award and has been optioned by Stockard Channing, who is attached to direct the film version. Strauss has written for many publications including the New York Times, Time, Self, Marie Claire, Elle, and Entertainment Weekly. She frequently appears on TV reporting on pop-culture trends. She lives in New York City.

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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Polka Dot Press (April 1, 2008)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1598694332
  • ISBN-13: 978-1598694338
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Blind date ****, April 16, 2008
The story, "Shaadhi Abhi Naahi," which when translated from Hindi means, "No wedding yet," is written in beautifully precise language It is also very funny while introducing potentially sinister material. This story is about an Indian American mother's attempt to marry off her daughter. The other stories in the book continue with this theme with other ethnic groups like Korean Americans.
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3.0 out of 5 stars 3.5 stars, August 7, 2009
This book was really entertaining, but in small doses. If you read too much at once it becomes a blur of cranky women relying heavily on alcohol, and too much shallow prattle about harvard degrees, handshakes, and height. You'd think for a bunch of writers at least ONE of them would have opted for the coffee date at a bookstore, but most pretty much go the whiney, booze-fueled princess route. Still tho, a pretty good read.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A good, funny read, October 3, 2008
Have I Got a Guy For You is a collection of 26 essays by female writers about their experiences with match-making mothers. All the essays are well-written and at least worth the read, and many of them are quite funny. In "Letters to Gelman," for example, Brenda Scott Royce writes about her mother's attempts to fix her up with Michael Gelman, the then single producer of LIVE with Regis and Kathie Lee. Royce's mother wrote numerous letters to Gelman about her daughter, attaching photographs and insisting that Brenda would be willing to convert to Judaism for the purpose of marriage. Brenda was not keen on the idea:

"Despite my insistence that I could manage my love life without her interference, and despite my far-out claim that few TV producers actually scrounge for romantic prospects in the viewer mailbag, my mother pressed on, prompted by Regis's on-air riffs about Gelman's single status, sending letter after letter to the morning show."

Gelman, sadly, never wrote back, but other contributors to the volume did wind up going on dates with the guys their mothers had found for them. Usually the results were disastrous. There was, for example, the BBC journalist who announced twenty minutes into his date with Anita Kawatra what his sexual expectations would be should they get married: she was to be "accomodating" and "adventurous," and they would have sex four times a week, six during vacations. Aaron was an aspiring actor who said "totally" a lot and showed author Sara Barron his 8x10 glossies over tea and mocha at Starbucks:

"Then my mother called to see how things had gone.

"'Not well,' I told her on the phone. 'He totes a dance bag and dresses all in leather.'

"'In a gay way?' she asked.

"'Is there any other?' I responded."

There was, too, the divorced thirty-something who announced that his ex-wife used to beat him, and a grad student at UPenn who--for reasons author Samantha Levy can't remember--came out with a similarly startling confession: "My mom used to powder my bottom until I was in the eighth grade."

This is good stuff. Definitely recommended for when you want a humorous, light read

-- Debra Hamel
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3.0 out of 5 stars A Match Made of Mismatches! Great book!
Have I Got A Guy For You: What Really Happens When Mom Fixed You Up is a anthology of 27 stories of woman and their mothers who set them up on blind dates. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mint910

5.0 out of 5 stars Seeking a Mensch
While most moms mean well, they don't always get it right, as this book cleverly demonstrates. Fun read. Take it to the pool with you this summer. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Robin G. Newman

5.0 out of 5 stars Great fun!
I found all of the stories fun and entertaining but the Kawatra story is worth the cover price all by itself. Read more
Published 21 months ago by E. Kahn

5.0 out of 5 stars Clever and Poignant Humor
I found this collection of stories very enjoyable. Each author found comedy in situations which were not really humourous at the time they were were going through it, yet the way... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Urban Mom

5.0 out of 5 stars Cool book!
So I read the reviews and I thought this might be a fun airplane read. I loved the stories! The one about Gelman and the one about the Indian wedding site were amazing! Read more
Published 22 months ago by Jo_bro_fan

5.0 out of 5 stars Priceless!
I loved it...and I'm a man! The piece by Leora Klein itself is worth the purchase. The entertainment value of dating stories is timeless.
Published 22 months ago by Mark Blitz

5.0 out of 5 stars Great stories!
I really enjoyed reading this group of short stories... especially Shaadi Abhi Naahi. It was so funny and I can't believe that really happened to her! Read more
Published 22 months ago by L. Schmidt

4.0 out of 5 stars perfect subway read
I enjoyed most of the stories and some of them I laughed out loud. It is a perfect escapist distraction read for an airport or subway. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Layla

5.0 out of 5 stars a must read
I have read this book - they are wonderful stories with a lot of humor. All young men and women would enjoy these stories about dating. A must read - a FIVE STAR book.
Published 23 months ago by The Professor

5.0 out of 5 stars Laugh out Loud!
Totally amusing and really fast read. I never laugh out loud and I was rolling on the floor! My favorite was Shaadi Abhi Naahi! Read more
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