false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172247147m/152931.jpg 152931 13 Claire Cook's beguilingly original <i>Ready to Fall</i> struck a vibrant chord with its "perky take on midlife angst" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>). In <i>Must Love Dogs</i> she gives us a contemporary Everywoman in a big rollicking south-of-Boston Irish family-a zany novel with the flavor of Nora Ephron, Susan Isaacs, and Jeanne Ray's Julie and Romeo. <br><br> Forty-year-old Sarah Hurlihy, a divorced preschool teacher whose life is her classroom, is about to meet her first date in more than a decade. It was the "Loves Dogs" that hooked her in the personal ad, and now she is scanning her neighborhood café for the man with a yellow rose. And find him she does, but he's the last person on earth she expects to find there . . . <br><br> In <i>Must Love Dogs</i>, hilarious missteps abound. Sarah's widowed father, Billy Hurlihy, with six adult kids, is seeing at least two women. And he and Sarah aren't the only Hurlihys with romantic challenges. Her brother Michael, for one, has a rocky marriage that Mother Teresa, his St. Bernard, just may put over the edge. With self-deprecating humor and a laugh-out-loud view of the way we live now, including shar pei/Labrador crosses and a transgenerational body-piercing experience, Must Love Dogs is a perfect beach read that melts the heartache of dating with warmth and humor. 3766164 5 7 2002 Must Love Dogs total:717|5:81|4:173|3:311|2:134|1:18| 717 2316 977 107 2 0 false false Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 15:30:14 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 15:51:41 -0700 2009 Sarah, the protagonist, seems stupid. She wants someone to love, but then resists all attempts by her family to help her find that specia...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Mon Mar 23 23:05:04 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 04 16:14:22 -0700 2009
From back cover:

"Voluptuous, sensuous, alluring and fun. Barely 40 DWF seeks special man to share starlit nights. Must love dogs.

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]]> 1 1 false false Sun Oct 11 06:03:18 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 06:05:21 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Thu Jul 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 13:10:30 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 23 09:59:58 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Sun Feb 03 08:54:42 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 03 09:10:14 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Mon May 25 20:04:51 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 06:25:18 -0700 2009 1 It was a really pleasant read, well written and it moved right along quick enough to keep me interested. I think at the time I read i...more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Dec 21 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 11 14:37:01 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 21 11:38:06 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Tue Jun 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 06:58:46 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 01 07:10:43 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Apr 28 21:52:02 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 21:53:56 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=152931