Emmy is newly single, and not by choice. She was this close to the ring and the baby she's wanted her whole life when her boyfriend left her for his twenty-three-year-old personal trainer -- whose fees are paid by Emmy. With her plans for the perfect white wedding in the trash, Emmy is now ordering takeout for one. Her friends insist an around-the-world sex-fueled adventure will solve all her problems -- could they be right?
Leigh, a young star in the publishing business, is within striking distance of landing her dream job as senior editor and marrying her dream guy. And to top it all off, she has just purchased her dream apartment. Only when Leigh begins to edit the enfant terrible of the literary world, the brilliant and brooding Jesse Chapman, does she start to notice some cracks in her perfect life...
Adriana is the drop-dead-gorgeous daughter of a famous supermodel. She possesses the kind of feminine wiles made only in Brazil, and she never hesitates to use them. But she's about to turn thirty and -- as her mother keeps reminding her -- she won't have her pick of the men forever. Everyone knows beauty is ephemeral and there's always someone younger and prettier right around the corner. Suddenly she's wondering...does Mother know best?
These three very different girls have been best friends for a decade in the greatest city on earth. As they near thirty, they're looking toward their future...but despite all they've earned -- first-class travel, career promotions, invites to all the right parties, and luxuries small and large -- they're not quite sure they like what they see...
One Saturday night at the Waverly Inn, Adriana and Emmy make a pact: within a single year, each will drastically change her life. Leigh watches from the sidelines, not making any promises, but she'll soon discover she has the most to lose. Their friendship is forever, but everything else is on the table. Three best friends. Two resolutions. One year to pull it off.
]]>Wer sich schön findet, hat mehr vom Leben, lautet das Credo der Fünfunddreißigjährigen, die schon einmal eine Zeit lang für eine Illustrierte Beauty-Kolumnen geschrieben hat. Schon das Selbstporträt auf dem Buchumschlag, das die Metamorphosen von Barbie zu zeigen scheint, spricht für sich: eingearbeitete Haarteile, ondulierte Locken, falsche Wimpern, blaue Kontaktlinsen, dazu ein makelloses Make-up mit den derzeit besonders angesagten „Smokey Eyes“ und als Clou des Ganzen ein mit Spezialkleber gelifteter Busen. In bemüht frivolem Ton – „Ich liebe es, zweideutig und anzüglich mit Worten zu spielen“ – gibt das Plauderpüppchen, das ihre Glamourkarriere als Model begonnen hat, Tipps und Ratschläge rund um Schönheit, Styling und Kosmetik. „Mit dem Buch möchte ich Frauen die Zaubernüsse in die Hand geben, mit denen sie sich vom Aschenputtel in die Prinzessin verwandeln können.“
Das Sympathische ist, dass es Kraus anscheinend wenigstens nicht auf Sponsoring oder lukrative Werbeverträge abgesehen hatte. Mit ihren zahlreichen Spartipps dürfte sie es sich jedenfalls gründlich mit den Luxuskosmetikherstellern verdorben haben. –Franz Klotz
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