Is that a Moose in Your Pocket? [Kindle Edition]

Kim Green (Author)

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Passed over for promotion and tired of constantly running into her ex-boyfriend and his stunning fiancee, San Francisco journalist Jen Brenner is ready for a change. When she's offered a job at a small-town paper in Montana, it seems like the perfect opportunity to rethink her priorities (and possibly meet handsome single men in cowboy boots). Her first assignment for the paper lands her in the middle of a bitter conflict between the local paper mill and environmental groups, a clash that culminates, implausibly, in a bizarre kidnap plot. To further complicate things, Jen finds herself irresistibly attracted to EPA agent Bruce Mortensen, who is not only 14 years her senior but also the estranged husband of the mill owner's daughter. Green has created an appealing heroine with a likable supporting cast, but at least one of the novel's many subplots should probably have been scrapped in favor of more character development--especially for the one-dimensional Bruce. First chapters from forthcoming chick-lit novels Pushing 30 and Neurotica are bound in. Meredith Parets
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“I loved it!” —Melissa Senate, author of See Jane Date



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Product Details

• Format: Kindle Edition
• File Size: 633 KB
• Print Length: 368 pages
• Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0385337175
• Publisher: Random House Publishing Group (November 4, 2003)
• Sold by: Random House Digital, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B000FBJE2Y
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,953 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

More About the Author

Kim Green is the author of the romantic comic novels Paging Aphrodite, Live a Little and Is That a Moose in Your Pocket? She also writes marketing copy for such clients as Kashi, and can tell you a lot about whole grains and fiber. Kim earned an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Amsterdam, which qualifies her to create exotic settings for her books and little else. She's currently at work on one novel about a small-town culture war and banned books, and another about two unpleasant people who fall in love. www.kimgreen.com

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What a great suprise! Pulled me out of a BAAAD mood!, November 16, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Is that a Moose in Your Pocket? (Paperback)

I bought this book with a stack of others (mostly for its amusing title) and it was the last one I decided to read because I didn't really expect much from it. I was having a 'poor me' kind of day and I begged my hubby to take the kids out for a while so I could mope in peace. Well, I got bored just laying around so I picked it up to see if it could distract me. I have to tell you, am I glad I was alone because pretty soon I was laughing out loud making a fool of myself. Jen, the main character is dry, sarcastic and funny! The supporting characters seem like real people who don't always do what you expect them to do. I never write reviews (as you can tell) but I wanted to be sure I recomended this one because it was such a pleasant supprise! I sure hope Kim Green has another one in the works!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Hysterical fish out of water tale!, May 26, 2005

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This review is from: Is that a Moose in Your Pocket? (Paperback)

Jen is tired of being second best. After being passed over for a promotion at work, and tired of running into her sexy ex, she decides to shuck it all and leave San Francisco for an assignment as a reporter in a small Montana town.

Soon she is embroiled in a mystery involving dead fish, explosions, the local paper plant, and the EPA. She is also managing to reverse her drought-like love life and suddenly finds she has choices - an environmental activist and a park ranger, but it is the sexy EPA guy that she falls for. He has a young daughter and a not-so-ex-wife.

There are lots of great secondary characters, too many of them in fact, which kind of takes away from the overall story, since they are not fully developed and just sort of run together at times. I would have liked to have more depth into her relationship with her best gay husband, Robert, as well as Bruce, the older man she is reticent to get involved with (yet completely smitten). I would have liked more time with the quirky Montana folks as well.

Each chapter cleverly starts with an e-mail, which in some cases makes sense, other times I just scratched my head and said "huh?" It is a somewhat hysterical fish out of water story, a totally urban gal in the middle of the mountains.

The end is abrupt - but definitely leaves an open door for more to come. Great lazy summer or beach read. I managed to finish it in a day.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Intrigue, Romance and Humour, All in One, November 19, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: Is that a Moose in Your Pocket? (Paperback)

What a pleasure it was to read such a well written book. I couldn't put it down. I'm looking for a sequel so I can escape again to the world of Jen Brenner. She is my heroine.