I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better

I Still Miss My Man But My Aim Is Getting Better

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Tuesday, eleven-thirty, a bright spring morning .... Just off the breakfast shift at Sweet Willie's meat-and-three, Shelby Kay Tate rushes down an old-fashioned Nashville sidewalk with Thursday night playing itself out in her mind. It's songwriters' night at the Sutler, a chance to serve up her big, bluesy voice to a crowd hungry for new country songs. Shelby's picturing h...more
Paperback, 288 pages
Published June 1st 1997 by Pocket Books (first published 1996)
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Amy
Ridiculous and completely over the top, but often quite funny. Got an extra star because I knew some of the places in Nashville she was talking about.
Ratforce
Like Janet Evanovich, Sarah Shankman writes hysterically funny mysteries with unusual characters and plenty of romance.
Donna
Like most of Shankman's books, this one mixes a whole lot of characters into one plot, but because she weaves it so skillfully (in a silly way; Shankman is not destined for greatness, and I don't think she cares) that it's not hard to keep track of them. She throws in unexpected little twists and wrinkles, and there are no cliches to be found. If you've had a hard day at work and you want to read something funny--or if you are a recently divorced woman who has not forgiven or forgotten all that...more
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Nashville CW angels& devils, interlocking fates
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I STILL MISS MY MAN BUT MY AIM IS GETTING BETTER - NR
Shankman, Sarah - standalone

Finishing her waitressing shift and preparing for Songwriters' Night at the local country music club, promising singer Shelby Kay Tate becomes the unknowing target of an obsessive stalker.

A Nashville singer, an angel of Patsy Cline - No, no, no.
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The title alone makes this one worth reading! Very funny. Loved it all the way through. Have read it a couple of times.
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This novel is just as funny as it's title.
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I wish she'd write more.
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I Still Miss My Man But My Aim is Getting Better (Hardcover)
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Nashville-based mystery writer Sarah Shankman is the author of the popular title I Still Miss My Man, But My Aim is Getting Better (1996), and the equally popular Samantha Adams series, the latest of which is Digging Up Momma.
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