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Getting Rid of Rosie
by
Lynda Simmons (Goodreads Author)
An outrageously entertaining debut novel of life, love, death-and the afterlife.
Rosie Fisk was once Samantha Marcello's best friend-but that was before she ran off with Sam's fiancé, Michael, seven years ago. Since then Sam has found a new love, The Silver Swan, her pub. And just as it seems that time has healed all her wounds, Michael walks back into her life-and now he'...more
Rosie Fisk was once Samantha Marcello's best friend-but that was before she ran off with Sam's fiancé, Michael, seven years ago. Since then Sam has found a new love, The Silver Swan, her pub. And just as it seems that time has healed all her wounds, Michael walks back into her life-and now he'...more
Paperback, 384 pages
Published
August 4th 2009
by Berkley Trade
(first published 2009)
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As a Canadian writer with novels and shorts set in the GTA, Winnipeg and the rural farming communities of Manitoba, it was cool to come across an author who has successfully sold stories set in Toronto, and in the case of Getting Rid of Rosie, in the heart of the Danforth with a side trip to Huntsville. And sold it to an American publisher, no less.
Lynda Simmons writing is fresh, her settings vivid, her characterizations full of life, complexity and even a little contradiction. Throw i...more
Lynda Simmons writing is fresh, her settings vivid, her characterizations full of life, complexity and even a little contradiction. Throw i...more
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Recommends it for:
Former/present Harle-Quinn romance fans, anyone with a sense of humour, paranormal fanatics
Recommended to Marlon by:
pull of the Universe
As I personally told Lynda, I used to think people who laughed while reading books were weirdos. Reading Getting Rid of Rosie turned me into one of those weirdos, as I have since then started noticing the humour in other books, whether intended or simply the clever twist of events that occur.
I was expecting a romantic comedy when I first picked this up, but my skeptisism was removed when I got further into it, learning it was more about best-friendship. The one between Sam and Rosie...more
I was expecting a romantic comedy when I first picked this up, but my skeptisism was removed when I got further into it, learning it was more about best-friendship. The one between Sam and Rosie...more
Sam's best friend, Rosie, married Sam's fiance. Years later, Michael walks back into Sam's life and she finds out that Rosie is dead. When Sam and Michael try to get back together, Rosie objects. Sam can see Rosie and hear Rosie when no one else can. With the help of her grandmother and friends, Sam tried to get rid of Rosie's ghost. Lots of fun to read.
I found out about Getting Rid of Rosie from my book club and we absolutley loved it. I haven't had a laugh out loud book in a while.
Be sure to pick this one up.
Be sure to pick this one up.
This book is great! I couldn't put it down.
Must read!!
Must read!!
Fun book. Very different premise than anything I have read before. I was hooked in beginning, slow moving in middle with a strong ending. I want to give it 3.5 stars.
Light-hearted, funny.
Fun book to read
funny!!
So funny! And a great twist of an ending.
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I'm a writer by day, college instructor by night and a late sleeper on weekends. I grew up reading Greek mythology, bringing home stray cats and making up stories about bodies in the basement. From an early age, my family knew I would either end up as a writer or the old lady with a hundred cats. As luck would have it, I married a man with allergies so writing it was.
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