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Title: Good Girls Gone Bad : A Novel by Jillian Medoff ISBN: 0-06-093691-6 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 21 October, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.62 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: A good read that changes tone over the course of the story.
Comment: Good Girls Gone Bad starts off sounding like many of the other single women books out there--seven single women, aged 35 to 45, attend a therapy group together to work on improving their disasterous relationship histories. The main character, Janey, is obsessed with Tobias, a guy who slept with her while engaged to another woman; however, she carefully rationalizes her behavior to convince herself that she is not stalking him. As Janey and the other women in the group begin to bond, they dub themselves the "... posse" and vow to take revenge on Tobias, but as you might expect, their plan goes horribly awry. At this point, the book becomes more serious, as Janey questions her bond with her friends, delves into her childhood, and finally faces the truth about her mother. While the story seemed predictable early on, several unexpected revealations help set this book apart from its similar peers. A great read for someone who enjoys a fun story about women but with a little more depth.
Rating: 5
Summary: Darkly hilarious!
Comment: What a clever read! Medoff leads the reader toward one direction and then the course of the story changes dramatically. Good Girls Gone Bad is a dark comedy that is to be relished from cover to cover!
Janey Fabre suspects that she isn't quite normal. After all, she's stalked her ex-boyfriend for two years and is tormented with a painful past. But when she joins a support group that consists of female patients, she is comforted with the fact that there are far more neurotic New York women out there. The women in the group are all middle-aged single women. There's Suzanna -- a.k.a., the Dream Weaver -- a woman in love with her dog; Laura, a one-night stand enthusiast; Bethany, a forty-year-old divorcee who now lives with her mother. And there are the neurotics-bordering-to-insanity -- like Ivy, a sexy southerner who thinks that getting plastic surgery is like brushing her teeth; Valentine, an attractive overweight woman who overeats when she's anxious; and Natasha, who is preoccupied with contamination and diseases. Each of one of these ladies supplies laugh-out-loud situations.
Despite the dark language in the novel, Good Girls Gone Bad is a tale of friendship and sisterhood. The women, namely the protagonist, face events that change their lives. I loved this novel and I look forward to reading more books by this talented author.
Rating: 5
Summary: taking group therapy into their own hands!
Comment: Janey cannot get over her relationship with Tobias, even though it ended three years ago. She joins group therapy with a motley crew of several other women with their own issues -- like 40something Barbara who still lives with her mother, and Suzanne, whom they nickname "the Weaver" because she is always talking about her long pointless dreams starring her dog Ginger. This group is headed by a male therapist.
One day after about a year, the members of the group decide to overthrow their therapist and take matters in their own hands. They decide, among their goals, to help Janey teach Tobias a lesson ...
However, it's not all that straightforward. The grea thing about Medoff's work is, it never is!! The plot is a bit disturbing, it is certainly tragic at times and there is a discomfort knowing that there are actually female interpersonal relationships like this out there -- no real trust where a man is concerned ......
Very good read. Highly recommended.
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Title: Hunger Point : A Novel by Jillian Medoff ISBN: 0060989238 Publisher: Regan Books Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Have You Seen Me? by Laura Denham ISBN: 0786710624 Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Swimming Sweet Arrow : A Novel by Maureen Gibbon ISBN: 0316355569 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 08 August, 2001 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: The Torn Skirt by Rebecca Godfrey ISBN: 0060094850 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 15 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $11.95 |
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Title: Suicide Blonde by Darcey Steinke ISBN: 0802136648 Publisher: Grove Press Pub. Date: March, 2000 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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