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How Perfect Is That

by Sarah Bird (Goodreads Author)

3.15 of 5 stars 3.15 · rating details · 467 ratings · 141 reviews

Blythe Young—a wannabe Texas princess, a heroine as plucky, driven, and desperate as Vanity Fair’s Becky Sharp—is plummeting precipitously from up- to downstairs, banging her head on every step of the Austin social ladder as she falls. Not unlike the country as a whole, Blythe has surrendered to a multitude of dubious moral choices and is now facing the disastrous conseque...more

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Published June 10th 2008 by Knopf (first published January 1st 2008)

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Apr 16, 2013 January rated it 2 of 5 stars

Oh this book. I'm reading two heavy nonfiction books right now also, and try as I might, and as much as I'm enjoying them, I need breaks from nonfiction! So this weekend I picked up this book, which apparently I had reserved after reading a review? I usually love reading tales of "Southern High Society, " and all the fashion, food, homes - all the stuff. They are things I will never have and don't want, but it is a very entertaining world. (There is a lot of New York Chick Lit that deals with th...more

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Dec 08, 2011 Shari rated it 4 of 5 stars

Blythe Young was recently married to a very wealthy man and part of a well-known family, but sadly is now divorced and she made the mistake of signing a pre-nup.

So she's broke, wearing last years fashion, living in her friends pool-side cabin, and all while trying to maintain her socialite status but failing miserably. Her last chance is to cater an upscale garden party for one of her ritzy friends but that is a total disaster and the last step off the social ladder for her.

She's bankrupt, bei...more

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Jan 17, 2010 Holly Lee (Bellas Novella) rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 2009

I love books that have a healthy dose of high fashion. This gem of a book delivers the red soled pumps and the couture closet every girl dreams of. Unfortunately the leading lady, Blythe Young, manages to lose everything when her slimy husband dumps her with no notice and kicks her out of the mansion with nothing more than what she could carry. Having signed a pre-nup, she is stuck with no friends, no money, and a very bruised ego.

Powering through on the drug cocktail of champions, she tries to...more

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Dec 06, 2009 Charles Matthews rated it 3 of 5 stars

Sarah Bird’s new novel is a Cinderella story. Although when it begins, her Cinderella has already married and divorced the Prince; she’s been booted from the palace not by her wicked stepmother but by her wicked mother-in-law. She has to return to the scullery, but she finds there the equivalent of a fairy godmother. And when another Prince comes along, she has some helpers, like the mice and birds of the Disney version, to prep her for the ball.

But in truth, Bird’s heroine, Blythe Young, is an...more Sarah Bird’s new novel is a Cinderella story. Although when it begins, her Cinderella has already married and divorced the Prince; she’s been booted from the palace not by her wicked stepmother but by her wicked mother-in-law. She has to return to the scullery, but she finds there the equivalent of a fairy godmother. And when another Prince comes along, she has some helpers, like the mice and birds of the Disney version, to prep her for the ball.

But in truth, Bird’s heroine, Blythe Young, is an anti-Cinderella. Her “trailer-trash tramp of a mother” had christened her Chanterelle – “in her single, solitary moment of maternal lyricism she had named her only child after a mushroom.” After graduating from the University of Texas at Austin when the dot-com bubble was at its most inflated, Blythe started a catering business called Wretched Xcess Event Coordination Extraordinaire. At one event, she caught the eye of the crown prince of Austin high society, Henry “Trey” Biggs-Dix the Third, whom she married, thereby surviving the bubble burst by riding in triumph into Bushworld.

Now, trying to make a comeback as a caterer after her divorce, she stages a garden party for one of her old socialite friends. But when the hostess discovers that Blythe is passing off taquitos from Sam’s Club as Petites Tournedos Béarnaise à la Mexicaine, she threatens to withhold payment. Whereupon Blythe spikes the party’s kir royales with Rohypnol.

Blythe has been fueling herself with her “proprietary blend of Red Bull, Stoli, Ativan, just the tiniest smidge of OxyContin, and one thirty-milligram, timed-released spansule of Dexedrine.” She’s up, she’s down, and – having slipped a mickey to the cream of Austin society – she’s out: of money and gas for her catering van. Moreover, the Internal Revenue Service is nipping at her heels because of her casual attitude toward her taxes. So she heads toward the only refuge that remains: her old college rooming house, the Seneca Falls Housing Co-op, now run by her former roommate, Millie Ott.

Blythe’s antithesis, altruistic Millie tends not only to the needs of Seneca House’s fringe-dwelling college students but also to various street people: homeless men, illegal-immigrant day workers, and panhandling runaway teens. With Blythe’s arrival, this secular saint meets the devil wearing Prada. (Actually, Blythe is decked out in her last remaining outfit, Zac Posen with Christian Louboutin shoes.)

And thus Blythe plummets – ascends? – from Bushworld into hippiedom, giving Bird a chance to gleefully skewer the denizens of both planes of Austin existence and serve them up as a satiric shish kabob. Readers of Bird’s novels know that she loves her misfits, and won’t be surprised that in the end, hippiedom wins out. Not to give anything away that the reader won’t see coming a mile off, this time it’s the fairy godmother who gets her prince while anti-Cinderella learns a few things about what really matters.

How Perfect Is That doesn’t have the range and depth of Bird’s best novel, The Yokota Officers Club, or the engaging exploration of a subculture found in her most recent one, The Flamenco Academy. It has to be said that her satiric target, the Bush-worshipping nouveaux riches, is as bloated as a blimp, and that Bird attacks it with a broadsword. The women all have names like Kippie Lee, Bamsie, Cookie, Blitz and Missy, and they vie with one another to see who can build the most extravagant mega-mansion in Pemberton Heights. Kippie Lee’s ideal is Becca Cason Thrash, whose 20,000-square-foot Houston house has 13 bathrooms, but her husband insisted on only four, whereupon “Kippie Lee split the difference and went for eight” and her husband started having an affair with his dental hygienist.

Topical satires usually wind up in the remainder bins, victims of creeping obsolescence. But How Perfect Is That takes note of the winds of change. The story begins in April 2003, a month before the declaration of “Mission Accomplished,” when Bush’s popularity was near its post-9/11 peak. But time wounds all heels, and by the end of the novel, even Kippie Lee and Bamsie are distancing themselves from the president: “We never really liked Bush anyway,” Bamsie confesses to Blythe. “Every Southern girl in the country knew a hundred frat guys just like Bush and every one of them was smarter and better looking.”

Bird’s snark is tempered with heart, and the tug of her plotting and the warmth of her characterization overcome the occasional heavy-handedness of the satire. Blythe is a splendid creation, a kind of Auntie Mame for the Internet age. Though How Perfect Is That isn’t perfect, it’s exactly what you’re looking for if you want an enjoyable summer read.

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Oct 30, 2009 Rebekah rated it 1 of 5 stars

What I get for choosing a book by it’s cover, or an audiobook to be specific. Blythe Young puts the shopaholic to shame in her self absorption. Of course it all works out for the world and not perfectly for her as she still will need some more redemption to earn a love life, but sheesh how hard could a girl fall and how nobel is the power of a righteous woman.
Blythe is the anti-Christ and Millie Ott is the saint sent to fix her. Things are smoothed over as to how the 4 employees who are despera...more

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Jul 08, 2009 Cinnamon rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: for-review

We’ve all heard the saying, “When you’re at the top, the only way to go is down.” Well, Blythe was at the top. She had it all: the perfect husband, the perfect house and money raining down around her. With nowhere else to go except plummeting off of her perfect cloud, Blythe’s life does just that. Now a divorcee, Blythe kicks herself constantly for signing that dratted prenuptial agreement and although her life is in shambles, it leads to some great laughs for the reader. HOW PERFECT IS THAT by...more We’ve all heard the saying, “When you’re at the top, the only way to go is down.” Well, Blythe was at the top. She had it all: the perfect husband, the perfect house and money raining down around her. With nowhere else to go except plummeting off of her perfect cloud, Blythe’s life does just that. Now a divorcee, Blythe kicks herself constantly for signing that dratted prenuptial agreement and although her life is in shambles, it leads to some great laughs for the reader. HOW PERFECT IS THAT by Sarah Bird is a perfect summer read with drama, suspense and the perfect amount of gossip to fuel our fun-loving little hearts.

Blythe’s story is that of a ruined socialite. She had it all and then in the blink of an eye lost it all as well. Her catering business is now the only thing that is keeping her head above water and even that is plummeting to the ground. What’s a girl to do when her clients want pâté but refuse to pay her an advance to purchase the goods? Why, she makes it with Crisco, that’s what.

Living in a carriage house, Blythe is trying to survive and attempt to feed herself and her business. Only problem is that everyone keeps coming after her for money! Even her employees want to be paid now! Ha! With a cocktail of liquor and psychiatric medications keeping her going, Blythe must find some way to turn her life around and gain the ability to once again stand on her own two feet. Seeing her old friend Millie as her only escape, Blythe will run to her and beg sanctuary. Will Millie stand with Blythe through thick and thin or will Blythe’s escapades push Millie to the edge?

I thought HOW PERFECT IS THAT was absolutely hilarious. Bird does an amazing job of instilling realism and humor into her story in such a way that we don’t really question whether or not this could actually happen. Of course it can! Nobody could possibly be creative enough to make up Blythe and her odd ways of going through life…right? Bird’s creativity flows through the pages as we encounter events with Blythe that will both drop our jaws and have us rolling on the floor in laughter at the same time.

One of these moments for me was right near the beginning where Blythe decides that she must drug the people at the party she is catering so that they won’t realize how bad the food really is. That scene was unbelievable and hilarious at the same time. I felt horribly guilty for laughing, but how could you not? Bird’s writing makes you laugh, makes you feel. I absolutely loved that about the book and I imagine that anyone else with a tender spot for stories that make you feel something would love this as well.

For a quick, fun, summer read I was expecting good characters but fairly shallow depictions. Instead, I found that Bird’s main characters were very well developed with multiple layers of complexity. If I’ve said it once, I’ve said it a thousand times. This adds depth to the story and acts as another handhold for the brain to attach to. Through the characters, we were more able to fully dive into the story and become one with Blythe. Due to her mishaps, this wasn’t always pleasant, but being able to feel that connection with a character in a story was fantastic.

HOW PERFECT IS THAT was a lovely book with wonderful characters and a good deal of tension to pull the reader in. I loved the story and I believe my rating should reflect that. I would highly recommend this to anyone looking for some good women's fiction, a nice summer read or just something different to carry the mind away. This was a fun story, an emotional story and a great work of fiction by author Sarah Bird.(less)

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Jul 07, 2009 Bridget rated it 5 of 5 stars

Blythe Young has made some serious mistakes in her life and is on a dangerous downward spiral. She has lost all that was important to her. Her friends, her husband and worst of all, her status. She is now forced to work for her money and has a "the world owes me" attitude. With the IRS hot on her trail, how will she survive? She can't go home and she drugged her clients so she can't exactly ask for her check. Then a lightbulb appears and she realizes that she does have somewhere she can go. Her...more

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Feb 02, 2012 Adam rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks-a-z

Post Listen Review: This started out with a bang, with a spectacular and dizzying downfall of a woman who used to be ultra wealthy until her husband dumped her. Listening her try to frantically dodge the IRS, convince society women that Cream of Wheat was gourmet food and generally tool around taking pulls of an insane mix of alcohol, caffeine and drugs. For that portion of the book I would say the author was perhaps as funny as David Sedaris or Nick Hornby. The bad news is that the main charact...more

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Jul 09, 2009 Isalys rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: for-review, owned, contemporary

Blythe Young, the daughter of a white-trash biker mama, climbed the ranks of Austin's elite by marrying rich - very rich. However, thanks to her monster-in-law, she's forced into a divorce, falls from grace and falls hard! She finds herself broke, destitute, and a socialiate outcast. She attempts to keep up pretenses as an Event Coordinator to Austin's bluebloods but her world as she knew it starts to crumble after the IRS is within minutes of slapping handcuffs on her. She has no choice but to...more

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Nov 08, 2011 Kimberlykate rated it 3 of 5 stars

I love a story about a flawed heroin. What's better than a lead character that is completely human and screwed up then.... after some great ephiphany become a better person. Those stories are inspiring. Those stories make us want to be better, they teach us something, sometimes give us insight. This is not one of those stories.

"Not funny like Haha funny, but funny like this milk tastes funny."

There were certainly parts of this that made me smirk as I read, but the antics of Blythe were just so...more

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Nov 20, 2010 Joy rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: fiction

I have adored Sarah Bird since I read _The Boyfriend School_ wayyyy back when I was in college. In this NOT-A-ROMANCE, bullshit artist, caterer, and taken-to-the-cleaners-by-her-rich-ex-inlaws divorcee Blythe Young is hitting bottom. After she intentionally drugs her socialite "friends" at a party she is catering for, she finds herself on the run--from them, her creditors, the employees she's stiffed, and the IRS. Her last refuge is the hippie boarding house she lived in during her college days...more

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Jul 28, 2009 Abi rated it 2 of 5 stars

I really liked the story. The further I got in the book, the more predictable it became, but I still really liked the story. It kept moving - one thing after another after another. I found myself wondering how stupid one person could really be and how long it would take, how many self-imposed unfortunate events had to occur before she would wake up and realize that it really was all her fault. That she had brought all those things on herself.

I would have given four stars if there had been less s...more

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Sep 27, 2010 Kristin (Kritters Ramblings) rated it 1 of 5 stars

Shelves: kritter-reviewed-2010

Well, I read this book for the GoodReads Challenge for a Second Chance - read a book by an author to give them a second chance.

Well - my first run in with Sarah Bird was The Alamo House. I didn't enjoy the language she used in that book for the chick lit plotline it had - so I picked up How Perfect is That to give her a second chance.
After reading How Perfect is That, I will not be giving Bird another chance. Again she used words that didn't fit the story. This book took us back to the same sor...more

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Jul 07, 2009 Nely rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: for-review

Blythe Young has been given lemons... and has no idea how to make lemonade with them.

She was recently married to a very wealthy man and part of a well-known family, but sadly is now divorced and she made the mistake of signing a pre-nup. So she’s broke, wearing last years fashion, living in her friends pool-side cabin, and all while trying to maintain her socialite status but failing miserably. Her last chance is to cater an upscale garden party for one of her ritzy friends but that is a total d...more Blythe Young has been given lemons... and has no idea how to make lemonade with them.

She was recently married to a very wealthy man and part of a well-known family, but sadly is now divorced and she made the mistake of signing a pre-nup. So she’s broke, wearing last years fashion, living in her friends pool-side cabin, and all while trying to maintain her socialite status but failing miserably. Her last chance is to cater an upscale garden party for one of her ritzy friends but that is a total disaster and the last step off the social ladder for her.

She’s bankrupt, being hounded by an IRS agent, and stalked by her irate employees who have not been paid for months, she has been publicly humiliated, and is addicted to pharmaceuticals (oh, and have I mentioned that she hasn’t had a Pap smear in ten years). Luckily for her she remembers a friend (the only one she can remember and whose calls she’s been ignoring) and runs to her for help. The only problem, her friend still resides in the same housing co-op she did back when they were in college. While residing amongst the tattooed, the pierced, the rasta-wannabe’s and the musically hip, she begins to face her sins and make amends for her behavior... but not without getting into all types of scrapes and scuffles along the way.

I thought this was hilarious! Blythe is a narrator you will not soon forget. Her story is one full of ups and downs but mostly one of hope. She gets herself into all types of wacky situations and is always in some type of trouble - even when she is trying to do something good it backfires on her. She is funny, sarcastic, witty and clever. All the other characters were quirky and unique and they were just tons of fun. The story is set in Austin, TX and from what I’ve read from other reviewers - the descriptions of Austin are very accurate and there is a lot of Austin-insider info were someone who is not from or has never been to Austin might not fully comprehend. That was definitely not the case with me and I do fall under the category of never been. This is a quick, easy read with an uplifting message that I would definitely recommend it.(less)

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Aug 23, 2009 Deb (Readerbuzz) Nance rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: just-for-fun, women-s-fiction

Blythe Young is in trouble. Her rich husband is gone, along with all the trappings that came along with being an Austin socialite. Her business is bust. She owes the IRS big time. She has defaulted on her student loans. Drugs are her only solace. Nowhere to run to, baby.

But, then again, Blythe does have somewhere to run to. Her old friend, Millie. And Millie doesn’t let her down.

If you’ve never read a Bird, you must do it. Now. If you’re not an Austinite, or at least a Texan, be prepared to ent...more

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Mar 27, 2009 Desta rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: book-club, yearly-favorites

Another book club selection. Bird had me laughing out loud through the entire book. It reminded me of a 1930s screwball comedy with Carole Lombard. The only problem I had with it was that it was set in the recent past so it was hard to remember some things (mostly technologically based) weren't possible way back in 2003 that would be now so that, from time to time, I caught myself perplexed as to why something happened just so. But that certainly wasn't enough to keep it off of my "Best of 2008"...more

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Mar 22, 2011 Lana. rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition Recommends it for: Shopaholic / Ya-ya Sisters

Shelves: funny-ha-ha, funny-uh-oh, fiction

Do not be alarmed... well, o.k. be a little alarmed. Blythe Young, a youngish Texas woman who madly clings to her spot in high society after she's been divorced from her rich / upper class husband, is spiralling out of control.

Her attempts to get out of debt by running a corners-cut catering business to her former friends - to hold on to the little power and influence she has - is further complicated when she's chased into hiding by the IRS.

If not the fact this was an audio book and I was wint...more

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Sep 04, 2009 drey rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 2009-reads, fiction-contemporary

Blythe, Blythe, Blythe. How I wanted to step into the story to smack you upside the head... Alas, that cannot be, and you went on your merry way, leaving chaos in your wake.

How Perfect is That is a frothy little concoction of Blythe's misadventures in the world of pretending-to-be-rich (if not famous). She manages to marry into money, but is thrown back out on the curb (the why of it isn't quite explained). Her "friends" are ignoring her--or worse, gossiping about her. Her employees are staging...more

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Sep 18, 2009 Hallie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Very odd book. I love Sarah Bird's snarky sense of humour most of the time, and this one, about Austin, Texas super-rich socialites, seemed as if it would be a favourite. But Blythe is a very hard protag to like, and even though that's the point, it gets pretty painful to read at times.

Blythe is a divorced (not just taken to the cleaners, but to the taxidermist, as she says) events planner, who scams, lies and cheats in order to convince her former 'friends' that she's still wealthy and connect...more

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Jul 07, 2009 Jennifer Defoy rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: pocket-book-blog-tour, owned, 2009-reads

This book was hilarious. I laughed almost from the first word all the way through. And while I couldn't connect with Blythe on a personal level it was entertaining to try and find reason in her messed up logic. She's been cast aside from her once glamorous life and is trying to wide a wave that has long left shore. While she can't seem to realize it, all of her problems are her fault, not her ex-husband or his "evil" mother.

Her look on life is a bit disheartening and I can't say I want to trade...more

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Dec 16, 2011 Amy added it

Reviewed this one for Library Journal:

Verdict: Bird’s latest novel (The Flamenco Academy; The Yokota Officers Club) is a rollicking, laugh-out-loud funny story. The plot stretches credulity at times, but the characters are sharply drawn, the dialog is dead-on, and the sense of place is pitch-perfect. Highly recommended for all libraries.

Background: Blythe Young is an admitted schemer and scammer who went from trailer park biker mama to wife of a scion of Austin society. After her mother-in-law k

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Jun 01, 2013 Wendy Hines rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

HOW PERFECT IS THAT is a witty, almost chick-lit, engaging read. As an event coordinator myself, I was able to connect in that aspect with Blythe. Full of unique characters, their personalities and traits so real you feel for them, Bird had outdone herself with this one. The book remained strong through-out; a testimony to Sarah's writing. This is the first work I have read of Sarah Bird's, but definitely will be looking for more of her work. A real page-turner!

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Mar 25, 2011 Lisa Marie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Hmm ... love Sarah Bird, but the protagonist in "How Perfect Is That" is not too sympathetic thus far. I'll reserve judgment until I finish the book; however, I will say that Bird seems to be recycling bits of "Alamo House" (eclectic cast of characters living in a co-op). Love Bird's humor, but at times, it seems a bit over the top, as though she's reaching for the laugh. The catering scene could have been conveyed far more subtly and achieved the same purpose, as could the scene when the protag...more

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May 12, 2010 Christianne rated it 2 of 5 stars

I absolutely *hated* the heroine in this book. I think the reader is supposed to hate her, and be amazed by the changes she goes through, but I just hated her. And then I think the reader is supposed to laugh at all the shenanigans she is going through as her life is falling apart, but I just got mad at her and wanted to scream that she needed to take responsibility for her actions. And these "funny" situations weren't really funny--they were mostly sad. Blah.

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Mar 23, 2009 Jennifer rated it 4 of 5 stars

I am so impressed with Sarah Bird as a writer. The humor in her writing is unflagging and lightning fast, even while things go from terrible to worse for the characters. It's described as a dramady, which is right on the mark, but like I said, the narration never loses its wit or the story. Had some interesting insights too. I so enjoyed her writing I picked up The Yokomoto Officers Club as well.

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Apr 23, 2013 bookczuk marked it as released-unfinished

Shelves: bookcrossing, not-to-my-taste

Ran out of books on a trip and picked this one up at a book exchange shelf. So, "How perfect is that?" As to the story, not high on the perfect list. Couldn't stand the characters, didn't find amusement where I think it might have been intended. Abandoned the book after reading a good hunk of it, grateful to find something else on the shelf at our destination. Don't ask me to rate it, because it wouldn't be fair since I didn't finish it.

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Sep 20, 2012 Harmony Valdoz rated it 3 of 5 stars

It involves a lot of chick-lit elements: luxury items, big-time husbands, weight-obsessed desperate housewives and a series of mishaps in the life of Blythe Young. What I liked about it, though, was that the damsel wasn't saved from her dangerous greedy self by an upright man and then embark on a hate-turned-love story. Gah. Cliche. But in this book, it was a very likeable girl friend that changed Blythe's perspective :)

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May 17, 2012 Lauren rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: audiobooks, book-club

The narrator (Susan Bennett) for this audio book elevated this from your typical sassy southern chick lit to a fun and surprisingly sweet story. She has an amazing range of voices and her Texas drawl was addicting.

As for the book itself, I liked the pokes at Texas society and the fun of following a down-on-her luck wannabe socialite having to crawl back to her college co-op. The story had more of its "laugh out loud" moments in the beginning (like the absurd scene of a deli slicer rolling out a...more

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Aug 10, 2009 Michelle rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: chick-lit

I am not sure what I felt about this book, but I felt that it picked up toward the end. Everything about this book highlights things that I hate, but she wrote the book to highlight those things so I give her a great deal of credit for being able to talk about what it is that I find so detestable about the culture of the rich...

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Dec 20, 2008 Coki rated it 3 of 5 stars

fun little chick lit read but has a spiritual bent. Set in Austin and the characterization of the "platinum longhorns" was too funny. Recommended from one of the Christ Fic genre reads and I found it refreshingly unoppressive or proselytizy (sp?). Just fun and light and she has totally fabu shoes on the cover that I want!

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My latest novel, "The Gap Year," will be published July 5th by Alfred A. Knopf. My previous novels are:
Alamo House
Boyfriend School
Mommy Club
Virgin of the Rodeo
Yokota Officers Club
Flamenco Academy
How Perfect Is That
I've been a columnist for Texas Monthly for the past six years.
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