Claire Cook
Mass Market Paperback | Pages: 292 pages Rating: 3.58 | 9240 Users | 591 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Must Love Dogs |
| ISBN: | 0451217217 (ISBN13: 9780451217219) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Must Love Dogs #1 |
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"Funny and pitch perfect." -Chicago Tribune
"Wildly witty" -USA Today
"Cook dishes up plenty of charm." -San Francisco Chronicle
"A hoot" -The Boston Globe
First the much-loved USA Today bestselling novel by Claire Cook. Then the romantic comedy movie adaptation starring Diane Lane and John Cusack. Now MUST LOVE DOGS is a series!
"Voluptuous, sensuous, alluring and fun. Barely 40 DWF seeks special man to share starlit nights. Must love dogs."
Divorced preschool teacher Sarah Hurlihy's first mistake is letting her bossy big sister write her personal ad. Her second mistake is showing up to meet her first date in more than a decade. Now she's juggling her teaching job, her big, rollicking, interfering south-of-Boston Irish family, and more men than she knows what to do with. And what's up with all these dogs that are suddenly galloping into her life?
"A hilariously original tale about dating and its place in a modern woman's life." -BookPage
"If Must Love Dogs is any indication of her talents, readers will hope that Claire Cook will be telling breezy summer stories from the South Shore of Massachusetts for seasons to come." -The Washington Post
"A laugh-out-loud novel . . . a light and lively read for anyone who has ever tried to re-enter the dating scene or tried to 'fix up' anyone else." -Boston Herald
"This utterly charming novel by Cook is a fun read, perfect for whiling away an afternoon on the beach." -Library Journal
"Claire Cook's Must Love Dogs, a book that's got more giggles than soda bread has raisins." -Hartford Courant
"Claire Cook (Must Love Dogs) has built a brand writing light-hearted women's fiction blending kernels of the absurd and comedic in compulsively readable combinations." -Shelf Awareness
"The exuberant and charming Claire Cook is one of the sassiest and funniest creators of contemporary women's fiction." -The Times-Picayune
Describe Out Of Books Must Love Dogs (Must Love Dogs #1)
| Title | : | Must Love Dogs (Must Love Dogs #1) |
| Author | : | Claire Cook |
| Book Format | : | Mass Market Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 292 pages |
| Published | : | July 5th 2005 by NAL Trade (first published June 1st 2002) |
| Categories | : | Romance. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Fiction. Humor. Audiobook |
Rating Out Of Books Must Love Dogs (Must Love Dogs #1)
Ratings: 3.58 From 9240 Users | 591 ReviewsAssessment Out Of Books Must Love Dogs (Must Love Dogs #1)
I really dont know what to say about this book.The main character Sarah is in her 40s, teaches at what I believe was a daycare center, is divorced, and has a rather large family that loves to just show up at her house uninvited, meddle in what little of a dating life she has, and then you have the dad who comes off as a flaky man whore jumping from one woman to the next. Everyone in this family is full of advise that is not always the best and has what seem to be families of their own full ofI picked this book up as a free download and whilst I have heard of the film, I have never seen it or know anything about it, so the story was completely fresh to me. I enjoyed it immensely, a light hearted fun story of a forty year old divorcee, Sarah, attempting to enter the dating world by placing a lonely hearts ad. There are some very funny moments in the book which has a host of larger than life characters, including some very cute kids who, to be honest, did seem a little too precocious
2/5; 2 stars; CBelow average contemporary romance. I think the author did a reasonable job of portraying h9w confused and messed up people from broken relationships are but there were too many irritating characters to make me enjoy this aspect of the story. I found myself wanting to give Sarah a whack on the head for being a spineless ninny half the time and her boundary issues with her family were a big part of that. So, no, I wont be reading any more in this series. It was a teeth grinder.On
Most of this review is more a review of my first experience with an audiobook. Toward the end I'll discuss the book itself.This was my first audiobook. When I decided to take my 5 mile run to the treadmill (rather than the roads) one day, I decided to check out an audio book online from my local library, to hopefully break the monotony of a treadmill workout. I chose this book because I remembered thinking the movie trailers looked cute (will now have to watch the movie) and it seemed an easy
it was OK, very average. I had a bit of trouble connecting to Sarah - just didn't ever come to care about her. So in the end I found it a bit of struggle to stay focused and finish.
Preschool teacher Sarah Hurlihy, encouraged by her close-knit Irish Catholic family, begins to think about dating after being divorced for two years. Sarah answers a personal ad in her local paper, only to find her date is her widowed father; something her family finds hilarious. Sarahs sister Carol places a personal ad for Sarah which starts Sarah on the path to weeding out prospective dates. One or two hold promise but Sarah cant seem to find the time for any relationship to marinate while
This book has very quickly been added to my favourites shelf; it had me laughing out loud so many times I had to keep checking around me to see if anyone noticed. *giggle*I found the characters in this book were so real and easy to relate too, you know people just like them as well as being able to compare yourself and your own insecurities to them. Sarah Hurlihy is a divorced forty something who seems to be going through a bit of a midlife crisis, she's depressed and feels utterly hopeless when
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