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An Ex To Grind: A Novel
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Jane Heller
The battle of the sexes rages on in this smart, witty, and extremely timely comedy from the phenomenally popular Jane Heller
At first, Manhattan financial planner Melanie Banks adores Dan Swain, her pro football player husband who's got a sexy Oklahoma drawl to go with his athletic good looks. But then his career comes to a screeching halt and he spends the next few years
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Published
June 27th 2006
by Avon Books
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Insane chick-lit book. I'm not enjoying this book but I'm halfway through and feel obligated to finish it for some reason. The premise is ridiculous and predictable....<heavy sigh>...there's a twist in there that made my eyes roll back in my head. If I wanted fantasy, I'd read Harry Potter.
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This book was also fun and easy to read. It pushes the boundaries of actually believable but I still enjoyed it. It's basically about a successful woman who divorces her lazy ex-NFL-injured-who-refuses-to-get-a-job husband and then finds out part of the divorce settlement is her paying alimony to him. What makes matters worse is the ex-husband parades around spending said alimony on frivolous things like Crystal and trips on private jets. She's determined to get out of this alimony using the...more
I don't know what happened to the witty novelist who wrote INFERNAL AFFAIRS and THE SECRET INGREDIENT. AN EX TO GRIND was a clear departure for Ms. Heller, and a truly disappointing one at that.
Melanie Banks, a most unsympathetic character, is a financial analyst who is griping that, since she was the breadwinner in their marriage, she has to pay her husband maintenance in their divorce. She hits upon a clause in their divorce agreement that gives her a light at the end of the tunn...more
Melanie Banks, a most unsympathetic character, is a financial analyst who is griping that, since she was the breadwinner in their marriage, she has to pay her husband maintenance in their divorce. She hits upon a clause in their divorce agreement that gives her a light at the end of the tunn...more
I started this book around 10pm last night and finished by 6am. I got hooked! What an emotional read.....then the ending ARE YOU KIDDING ME....poison ivy. I agree with other reviews that the ending was very disappointing
About a quarter of the way through the book I simply skipped to the last chapter because I couldn't stand the main character's whining anymore. Trite and annoying. And of course, it ended exactly like I expected it to.
Started this book with high hopes...kind of a cute premise. I have liked Jane Heller's books in the past. But, I gave it 50 pages and hated it. Didn't care about the characters, found the heroine annoying and whiny, the hero just a pretty face. Better luck next time, Jane.
I am somewhere between 3 and 4 stars on this one. I saw this on a reading list because a film is going to be made of it. It was ok...funny at parts, heart warming during others. But, I feel like the change in the main characters was so quick it was totally unrealistic. I'd still say give it a shot for a beach read!
I don't typically read this genre, but I love Jane Heller's Yankee book. I wanted to strangle the heroine for most of this book. It was an amusing story overall.
A little poetic justice, that had a little obvious fallouts. But some surprises along the way made up for it. All in all a pretty good book.
Found in the library and read to kill time. Total chick lit - which is to say a bit offensive to woman, but interesting enough.
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Definitely one of my least favorites of Jane Heller's - her earlier ones were laugh out loud funny - this one isn't.
It was a good bit of fluff. Asa woman who pays support to her ex, I can relate to her bitterness and found her answers to the problem comedic.
mah. ok if your bored.
Everyone needs a good frivolous read now and then and this book was great for that.
I need a light hearted book! This was it. I have read better chick lit, but his book had realistic characters and did provide and entertaining diversion from the emotionally draining and brain tiring books I had been reading. I prefer better literature, but this book was a nice vacation.
Melissa
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I am enjoying this book. Easy reading but keeps me interested. Its about a business oriented down to earth type of girl, who puts her job first and might possibly regret it.
This was the first Jane Heller book that I read and I was hooked. Her insight into relationships is very entertaining.
Another frothy chick lit book that's immediately forgettable. Why do I read this crap? Don't answer that.
this book was fun; but the ending . . . . . . . SO DISAPPOINTING! : (
I'm not sure why but just couldn't get into this one...
Funny, a little stupid, abrupt ending
Wasn't at all predictable. Loved the pug!
not her best; didn't care for it
This one was a cute story.
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Jane Heller, a Santa Barbara resident, is the author of 13 novels, including "Name Dropping," "Lucky Stars," and "Some Nerve." Eight of Heller's novels have been optioned for film or television, and all of them have been translated in countries around the world. Her first book of nonfiction, Confessions of a She-Fan: The Course of True Love with the New York Yankees, ...more
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