false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168463204m/33769.jpg 33769 6 <p align="center">A hopeless unromantic gets a<br /> crash course in love in the fourth<br /> hilarious novel from bestselling<br /> author Anna Maxted</p> <p>After her disaster of a marriage ends when she is just twenty, Hannah is convinced you have to be out of your mind (or desperate) to tie the knot. And life without a husband at thirty-one is just fine, thank you very much. She has a steady job working as a private investigator (albeit a mediocre one); a devoted boyfriend of five years, Jason; and a wonderful relationship with her dad (it's a shame her mother is such a lost cause). Then, on a romantic weekend retreat to a faux-ancient castle, Jason proposes marriage, leaving Hannah with no choice but the obvious: to turn him down cold.</p> <p>Much to her horror, four weeks later, Jason becomes engaged to his next-door neighbor, a fine baker and "proficient seamstress." Has Hannah blown her last chance at a solid relationship as her family claims? Jason agrees to give her another chance -- but only if she meets his terms, among them a promise to dust off the many skeletons in her closet.</p> <p>Brimming with her characteristic blend of humor and heartache, Anna Maxted's <em>Being Committed</em> is a perceptive look at intimacy (and its substitutes), commitment phobia, and the power others have over us.</p> 880456 1 8 2005 Being Committed: A Novel total:455|5:60|4:139|3:188|2:57|1:11| 455 1545 662 45 5 1 false false Thu May 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 27 08:09:37 -0700 2008 Fri May 30 07:11:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue May 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 07 12:47:08 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 20:58:22 -0700 2009
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Despite reading through half the reviews, I still can't recall anything about this book. Thus, it can't have been earth-shatteringl...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=33769