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Otherwise Engaged

by Suzanne Finnamore

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Otherwise Engaged is Suzanne Finnamore's wickedly funny account of an intelligent, rational woman's transformation into the harpy of anxieties that is the bride-to-be. <BR>When Michael pops the question, Eve is deliriously happy. She tells grocery clerks. She subscribes to bridal magazines. She delights in the rainbows that shower from the one-carat (okay, .81-carat) ring on her hand. For two days. As the cumulative stresses of ordering invitations, finding a dress, and organizing the Perfect Honeymoon fry Eve's nerves, the very real prospect of being with one man for the rest of her days reverberates through her consciousness like a Chinese gong. Suddenly the sight of Michael's discarded socks on the floor and his passing mentions of his former live-in French girlfriend incite doubt, argument, and public fainting. <BR>Uproarious, insightful, tender, Otherwise Engaged dashes our soap-bubble fantasies in favor of a hilariously realistic walk to the alter.

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"For laugh-out-loud humor, Otherwise Engaged takes the cake." --USA Today

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"Bitchy, bold, and brilliant." --Mademoiselle

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"A darkly comic novel.... Finnamore also captures tender and even touching moments that illuminate this couple's relationship--and keep you rooting for them. But mostly she keeps you laughing. A great shower gift for the stressed-out June bride-to-be."-Newsday

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"So funny and charming and smart. I felt bitter that someone else got to write it."-Anne Lamott, author of Traveling Mercies

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Uproarious, insightful, and tender, "Otherwise Engaged" dashes our soap-bubble fantasies of weddings in favor of a hilariously realistic walk to the altar. "A great shower gift for the stressed-out June bride-to-be."--"Newsday."
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Suzanne Finnamore lives in Larkspur, California.
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ISBN:
9780375706424
Author:
Finnamore, Suzanne
Publisher:
Vintage Books USA
Location:
New York
Subject:
General
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Weddings
Subject:
Humorous Stories
Subject:
Betrothal
Subject:
Humorous fiction
Copyright:
1999
Series Volume:
no. 6
Publication Date:
May 2000
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
816x520x59 52
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