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A Catered Affair
by
Sue Margolis
A novel about a jilted bride who's about to discover that not marrying the wrong man can sometimes lead you to the right one.
When Tallulah gets jilted at the altar, she gets very drunk and starts making passes at the male wedding guests. She even propositions the caterer. But in the next few weeks, reality comes crashing down around her. Her difficult mother becomes more...more
When Tallulah gets jilted at the altar, she gets very drunk and starts making passes at the male wedding guests. She even propositions the caterer. But in the next few weeks, reality comes crashing down around her. Her difficult mother becomes more...more
Paperback, 369 pages
Published
August 2nd 2011
by NAL Trade
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Family drama can be so.....dramatic. This is especially true when you are a woman in your thirties settling down with a family that is, well, unique. Take a mother who will do about anything for shock value, a grandmother who tries to be trendy, a sister who breaks convention, and a former boyfriend and mix it with a young Jewish couple who just wants to be in love. The wedding gets a little out of hand. Sue Margolis brings you a book that will keep you entertained in A Catered Affair.
This was t...more
This was t...more
Review by Stacey: As a certified foodie and someone who grew up in the food/catering business, “A Catered Affair” seemed right up my alley! As a former New Yorker, the blurb on the back of the book made it feel as if this story was taking place in New York. It doesn’t; it takes place in London. So once I got on board with where we were, I curled up on the couch and settled in to read.
From the very opening of the book, I went from being intrigued to annoyed to laughing out loud. This book is not...more
From the very opening of the book, I went from being intrigued to annoyed to laughing out loud. This book is not...more
What a delightful book! I read this novel in one delicious sitting. Margolis takes a look at what happens when a picture-perfect life starts coming apart at the seams. Tallulah has been left at the altar and now has to take a step back from disaster and reassess what went wrong. She has to learn how to let go of what is expected and embrace your life, as it is, without striving for perfection. The characters, including Tallulah, were well-developed and engaging. The character of Nana Ida is the...more
As far as romances go, this one was not terrible. I have read worse books by far, but there was nothing interesting about A Catered Affair.
I didn’t really understand the issue with Tally’s father. She was stuck on a certain type of man from something her father told her when she was a child. She was 34 in the book! I didn’t understand why she kept trying to be with people that didn’t make her happy, instead of people that did.
I felt bad for her being jilted at the altar, but I am not sure if I r...more
I didn’t really understand the issue with Tally’s father. She was stuck on a certain type of man from something her father told her when she was a child. She was 34 in the book! I didn’t understand why she kept trying to be with people that didn’t make her happy, instead of people that did.
I felt bad for her being jilted at the altar, but I am not sure if I r...more
At age 34, Tallulah, or Tally as she prefers, thinks she has it all; a job she loves as a London human rights lawyer and having the most perfect fiancé she could imagine. Josh finally proposed to Tally after they had been dating for quite a while. Tally knows he has somewhat of a commitment phobia but is sure he is past all that. Josh is a prospective spouse even her father would approve of, a pediatric cancer specialist. Her mother, Shelley, on the other hand, is less than thrilled. You'd think...more
The main character, Tallulah is a human rights attorney in London, getting ready to marry her fiance Josh, who is a pediatric oncologist. Their wedding has been long in the planning (perhaps a bit too much of the book focused on this) going from a small intimate affair to a large one. Tally has no clue anything is wrong until her wedding day when Josh is a no-show. All she knows is that he had commitment issues stemming from the fact his father abandoned them when he was a child.
The remainder o...more
The remainder o...more
Tallulah is a human rights attorney getting ready to marry her fiance Josh, who is a pediatric oncologist. Their wedding has been iffy at times and its gone from being a small intimate affair to a large one. Tally has no clue anything is wrong until her wedding day when Josh is a no-show. All she knows is that he had commitment issues stemming from the fact his father abandoned them when he was a child. So Tally starts putting her life back into order.
I liked the book. The story wasn't all that...more
I liked the book. The story wasn't all that...more
At 34, Tallulah is ready to settle down but when her notoriously commitment-shy fiance leaves her at the alter her neatly arranged life collapses around her. It's the reception caterer, Kenny, that provides a shoulder for her to cry on despite the support of her best friend and family. Bewildered, Tally has to reconsider her recipe for happiness and choose between her head and her heart.
Oddly enough I wasn't that keen on Tally, I found her to be a bit self involved and was much more forgiving o...more
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A Catered Affair is another Chick Lit set in London and another one that I completely enjoyed!
The writing was smart and cheeky (haha!). Tally was a wonderful character who handled a rough
situation with far more dignity than I would have - that is a guarantee. A Catered Affair was my first
novel by Sue Margolis (shocking, right?), but I will dig some of her older stuff out of my library and
give it a shot!
A Catered Affair is another Chick Lit set in London and another one that I completely enjoyed!
The writing was smart and cheeky (haha!). Tally was a wonderful character who handled a rough
situation with far more dignity than I would have - that is a guarantee. A Catered Affair was my first
novel by Sue Margolis (shocking, right?), but I will dig some of her older stuff out of my library and
give it a shot!
The writing in A Catered Affair was engaging, and even though there wasn't much action, the plot line was strong and interesting, enough to draw the reader into the story and keep her turning the pages. The characters were well developed, and their relationship with each other was mostly realistic, except for the way they left the main character alone the night of her failed wedding. I can't believe they would have done that, and there is a sense of the writer wanting to clear them away for the...more
Thirty-four-year-old Tally is a human-rights attorney while her lesbian sister, Scarlett, is a stand-up comedian. Tally’s mom, Shelley, is a ditzy widow living in the London suburbs whose phone number is so close to a suicide hot line’s that she gets calls from distraught people at least four to five times a week. Instead of passing them on to the hot line, she plays amateur psychologist. She loves helping these people, she’s hooked on the drama and she really does mean well. Read the rest of my...more
This is one of those books where the blurb at the back hooks you in.
It takes a while for the story to get to the action and when it does happen, it is not the big drama that one is promised.
There are over descriptions of everything that happens and the side stories of each person tends to bog down the current story.
Good idea just not well executed.
It takes a while for the story to get to the action and when it does happen, it is not the big drama that one is promised.
There are over descriptions of everything that happens and the side stories of each person tends to bog down the current story.
Good idea just not well executed.
This was a fantastic page turner. I definitely related to Tally as I am Jewish and at times have that typical Jewish mom and grandmother. I enjoyed the humor and banter through out the book.
It is important to be so stubborn in life and be able to venture out of your comfort zone. You never know what you may find.
Apocalipstick is the only other book I have read by Sue Margolis. Let's just say that all of her other books are now on my TBR list :)
It is important to be so stubborn in life and be able to venture out of your comfort zone. You never know what you may find.
Apocalipstick is the only other book I have read by Sue Margolis. Let's just say that all of her other books are now on my TBR list :)
A light, fun, predictable,quick read in the chicklit/rom-com genre. Although I am surprised, I can't seem to get away from WWII/Nazi references in anything I read lately. The grandmother, Nana Ida, is a war refugee, but a total riot.
This is one where the reader should be careful to not make it more than it is. It's light. It's funny. It's perfect after a long day at work. While I saw the conclusion coming from miles away, the characters and journey made it worthwhile.
This might be my new favorite chick lit. It definitely left me wanting to read more of Sue Margolis' books.
I usually don't like British-written books, but I could actually understand the wording in this one.
Light and entertaining. But not memorable. Read it a few days ago and have already forgotten most of it.
This book was so bad I could not even get through the first chapter. Boo.
Nothing great, but an easy, quick romantic book with no real surprises.
An easy beach read, I finished it in two hours. Very light hearted.
light and fast reading but deep messages that warm the heart
I still can't decide what to rate this entirely. It was kind of slow but in the end a cute storyline. Not really sure what to think :/
Cute, funny at times. Predictable. Brain candy overall.
This was pretty slow and predicatble, but I really liked the characters.
The mention of a story surrounding a single Jewish girl and her family, had the narrator's voice playing out as Fran Drescher, The Nanny.... don't ask me why!!! Light, easy read....
It was ok enough that I wanted to see how it ended but predictable and really slow.
I always enjoy Margolis' latest chick lit
I thought this was interesting.
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A Catered Affair is a really easy read and its very entertaining! A great book overall.
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Sue Margolis is the author of nine books, which have more than half a million copies in print from Bantam Dell. She lives in England, where she's at work on her next novel.
Sue worked as a reporter for the BBC, before leaving broadcasting to write her first novel. She lives in London with her journalist husband Jonathan. They have three grown up children. Sue’s hobbies include napping, constantly i...more
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Sue worked as a reporter for the BBC, before leaving broadcasting to write her first novel. She lives in London with her journalist husband Jonathan. They have three grown up children. Sue’s hobbies include napping, constantly i...more
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