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Gucci Gucci Coo
by
Sue Margolis
The acclaimed author of Original Cyn finds fertile ground for her wicked wit in this ferociously funny new novel about babies, sex, celebrity...and daring to date a gynecologist.
Ruby (still single at thirty-two) Silverman has made a name for herself at Les Sprogs, her exclusive baby boutique where trust-fund mothers swaddle their infants in the hottest designer wear. But a...more
Ruby (still single at thirty-two) Silverman has made a name for herself at Les Sprogs, her exclusive baby boutique where trust-fund mothers swaddle their infants in the hottest designer wear. But a...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
May 30th 2006
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British Chick Lit-Great book, a little different for Sue Margolis. Still funny but not as gratuitous as usual. Proves that she can practice different styles of writing.
Ruby Silverman's boutique caters to London mothers who treat their tots like the latest fashion accessories. And the type of celebrities whose pregnancy bumps miraculously disappear the minute they're holding their new bundles of joy. But when she accidentally catches a pregnant star sporting a prosthetic belly, she suspects somet...more
Ruby Silverman's boutique caters to London mothers who treat their tots like the latest fashion accessories. And the type of celebrities whose pregnancy bumps miraculously disappear the minute they're holding their new bundles of joy. But when she accidentally catches a pregnant star sporting a prosthetic belly, she suspects somet...more
Feb 08, 2013
Lindsey Laubacher
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Ruby Silverman grew up as an only child, and her parents were both artists. Later in life, Ruby wants to become a business owner, and so with the help of a family member, she opens a baby store called "Les Sprogs". Business is great for her, and she even has a few celebrities as customers. At a doctor's appointment, Ruby meets a new man, and then runs into him multiple more times. They begin a new relationship, and he works at the nearby hospital. Yet, things seem to become a little fishy when h...more
I am putting these books together (Original Cyn) because they from the same author and I accidentally read them back to back. And thinking back about them, they are really the same book, just slightly different backdrops. But all the characters are the exact same and the exact same thing happens and the outcome happens in the same way. Not that I didn’t enjoy it, but looking back, I love connecting books, but this was a bit much.
Girl is a Jewish Brit. I love that, because it’s so so so rare! Has...more
Girl is a Jewish Brit. I love that, because it’s so so so rare! Has...more
Terrible. This book was awful. The premise is an interesting one, but the execution is just plain bad. The characters are stupid (not 'Ugh, that character is one I don't like and it doesn't even make sense for this plot' stupid, but actually intellectually dead). For a business woman who has tapped a much-needed niche of her world, you would think she wouldn't be a complete dolt. But she is. She keeps landing herself in the same situations over and over by jumping to conclusions, not listening,...more
Want my honest opinion??? (I rather read another type of book)
....I wanted to read this book because a wonderful friend sent it to me ----(I adore my friend)!!!!
This is just not the type of book for me ---(not really).
Things I DID enjoy about this book:
1) LOVE the Cover and the title of the Book (adorable). I hope I can still appreciate 'cute'.
2) I enjoyed The British/English writing (yet, we are not speaking great literature) --fun 'slang'
3)The Characters were likeable
I appreciate that woman...more
....I wanted to read this book because a wonderful friend sent it to me ----(I adore my friend)!!!!
This is just not the type of book for me ---(not really).
Things I DID enjoy about this book:
1) LOVE the Cover and the title of the Book (adorable). I hope I can still appreciate 'cute'.
2) I enjoyed The British/English writing (yet, we are not speaking great literature) --fun 'slang'
3)The Characters were likeable
I appreciate that woman...more
A really great book. Ruby runs a baby boutique in the U.K. that is known amongst the circles of the rich and famous. She is used to celebrity clientele but after an encounter with a particular celebrity her life is thrown upside down. She unearths some serious wrong- doing that may or may not involve the newly found man of her dreams. On top of this her fifty something year old mother has just announced she is expecting a child.
I loved the tone of the author and the overall atmosphere of the bo...more
I loved the tone of the author and the overall atmosphere of the bo...more
Running Les Sprogs, an elite baby boutique, is the perfect opportunity for Ruby Silverman. It gives her the chance to work towards her dream of opening her own shop.
Though she enjoys her line of work and the direction her life is headed in, she can't help but to feel a little pressure to find the right man and maybe start a family of her own. When she heads over to her parents house one day, she gets hit with the most unexpected news ... Her mother is pregnant. Ruby discovers that she will be a...more
Though she enjoys her line of work and the direction her life is headed in, she can't help but to feel a little pressure to find the right man and maybe start a family of her own. When she heads over to her parents house one day, she gets hit with the most unexpected news ... Her mother is pregnant. Ruby discovers that she will be a...more
Jan 26, 2009
Lucy
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This book was an easy read and fun. It is very shocking to find out that you will be having a baby sister or brother at age 32, even more when your mom becomes pregnant at age 50! Well Ruby goes through alot of doubts with her GYN-boyfriend,Sam when she finds out a major scandal about St.Lukes hospital the prestigious maternity childbirth for celebrities has been doing shady business. At the end it all clears that Sam was not involved and life seems to be looking for Ruby.
Light summer fun, 1st book I've read by this author. I did like how all the loose ends were tied up by the end of the book but thought the plot was a bit see-through (a woman who's mother raised her boho is running a maternity shop and falls in love;her boho mama at 50 becomes pregnant. There's a bit more than just this going on but let's not give away all of it, hmmm?
This book was very difficult to read. There were too many side stories and side stories from the original side stories, which made the plot unfold very very slowly. I read about 50 pages and became fed up with the book and stopped reading. I was disappointed because I really enjoyed a couple other of Margolis' books, but this one was just too confusing and slow for me.
The beginning was a bit slow, but once it started to pick up, it was an entertaining read between Ruby dating a gynecologist, her 50 year old mother being pregnant and everything else in between that happened. I thought the whole scandal was extremely creative and definitely surprising. The ending was a nice touch to the book because it wrapped everything up so there were no unanswered questions.
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Dec 02, 2007
Meri Meri
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The first book I translated into Romanian for the Polirom Publishing House. At times I felt like I was gonna burst with laughter, plus the writer is a pretty smart woman with sharp screenplay writer skills(as she ought to, given her job). Not a book for those with existential problems or high literary aspirations and criteria. Plain, guilty, nightstand fun.
Definitely commercial, but fun, catchy and Briget Jonesian all the way, complete with 50 year-old pregnant mothers, a detective plot, celebri...more
Definitely commercial, but fun, catchy and Briget Jonesian all the way, complete with 50 year-old pregnant mothers, a detective plot, celebri...more
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Sue Margolis is the author of nine books, which have more than half a million copies in print from Bantam Dell. She lives in England, where she's at work on her next novel.
Sue worked as a reporter for the BBC, before leaving broadcasting to write her first novel. She lives in London with her journalist husband Jonathan. They have three grown up children. Sue’s hobbies include napping, constantly i...more
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Sue worked as a reporter for the BBC, before leaving broadcasting to write her first novel. She lives in London with her journalist husband Jonathan. They have three grown up children. Sue’s hobbies include napping, constantly i...more
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