Beginner's Greek: A Novel
by James Collins
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Author: James CollinsEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-05-13
ISBN: 0316021563
Number of pages: 441
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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Book Review: A Bit of Tongue in Cheek Chick-Lit, I Think
Summary: 5 Stars
Peter and Holly meet on a flight to Los Angeles from New York. During their time together they both come to believe that theirs is a relationship meant to be. Holly tears a page out from the book she's reading, writes the number where she's going to be on it and tells Peter to call. When he gets to his hotel room, Peter reaches into his pocket for the number, but the page is not there. Frantically he looks for it, but he gets no joy. The page is lost.
Peter goes about his life. He's a young executive on the fast track to advancement in his firm, however his immediate boss has it in for him and his best friend, the sorta famous writer, Jonathan Speedwell's new girlfriend just happens to be -- wait for it, wait for it, you guessed it -- Holly. And though Holly and Peter are in love, they are unable to tell each other, so Jonathan and Holly marry. A few years later, Peter proposes to the kinda pretty, kinda dull Charlotte. Jonathan is the best man and he is struck by lightning shortly after the couple say their I do's, but not before getting the bride's step-mom pregnant. Jonathan was not a nice man.
The step-mom goes to France. Charlotte figures out Peter and Holly are in love, but then she's got this sorta aristocratic boyfriend in France, so she goes off to France as well, where she learns quite a bit from her step-mom. Peter gets in dutch at work, gets out of dutch, gets invited to the big boss's house for dinner, brings Holly as a date, as dull Char is over in France, and who do you think the big boss falls in love with?
I could go on, but I've gotta leave a bit to the imagination and I've gotta leave you hanging a bit, so that you'll read the book. A good book by the way. At first it was a bit hard for me to get into. It seemed like chick-lit all the way, but it's not, if anything Mr. Collin's is poking a bit of fun at chick-lit and he does the job very nicely indeed. If you're a reader of that kind of book, you'll enjoy BEGINNER'S GREEK and if you're not, well I believe you're gonna enjoy it anyway.
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