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Hissy Fit
Keeley Murdock's wedding to A.J. Jernigan should have been the social event of the season. But all bets are off when she catches her fiance doing the deed with her maid of honor at the country club rehearsal dinner. The wedding's off, too, as Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earning herself instant notoriety in the small town of Madison, Georgia.
Now A.J.'s unsc...more
Now A.J.'s unsc...more
Paperback, 448 pages
Published
May 3rd 2005
by Harper Paperbacks
(first published 1994)
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Okay, this was my first Mary Kay Andrews novel, and admitedly, I wasn't looking for anything challenging...and I especially enjoyed the idea of this strong Southern gal throwing a "hissy fit" when she finds her bridegroom having sex with her maid of honor during the rehearsal dinner...no spoilers here...all of this happens in the first few chapters. The remainder of the book is how she goes about coping with her discovery. I enjoyed this smart and sassy Southern woman...particulary at the time i...more
Apr 26, 2008
Yrinsyde
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
American girls who love chick-lit
Shelves:
public-library
There is an immediate problem with this book is obvious to the reader who isn't American: it has been written for American women and not for those who live in other parts of the world. Why is this obvious? Well, as the heroine of the book is an interior designer, many products (not just furnishing but food also) are mentioned (many US so it is difficult to picture what these are. But if you have a good imagination and can visualise what these may be, or substitute them for others well known to y...more
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I am re-reading this book and having just as much fun this time as I did the first time!
What if you were at the rehearsal dinner for your wedding and walked in on your husband to be and your maid of honor having sex? Well, Keeley throws a big hissy fit hence the name of the book!
The story is about much more than that; a father who raises his daughter alone after her mother leaves and the mystery surrounding this disappearance, it is the fun search for antiques as Keeley restores an old antebellu...more
What if you were at the rehearsal dinner for your wedding and walked in on your husband to be and your maid of honor having sex? Well, Keeley throws a big hissy fit hence the name of the book!
The story is about much more than that; a father who raises his daughter alone after her mother leaves and the mystery surrounding this disappearance, it is the fun search for antiques as Keeley restores an old antebellu...more
I must have confused Mary Kay Andrews with another writer. I thought I was getting a cute little novel that was pure fluff. I was pleasantly surprised with a cute little novel that was pure sass! Keely was a feisty, likable character. I'm going with three stars instead of four because there were one or two issues I had with her and I didn't really understand Will's motivation with Stephanie. There was also a piece of the plot that could have been resolved better. Also, there was a bit of "Go on...more
FUN! Mary Kay Andrews is hilarious. This is the second of her books that I've read, and they were both wonderfully funny, and full of great, well-developed characters. The main character is very likeable and someone who most people will relate to on some level.
This is definitely a chick-lit, vacation, read-on-the-beach type of book. It's a quick, enjoyable read. Not too heavy, not a lot of work to plow through it, just an entertaining story. I want to get another of this author's books immediate...more
This is definitely a chick-lit, vacation, read-on-the-beach type of book. It's a quick, enjoyable read. Not too heavy, not a lot of work to plow through it, just an entertaining story. I want to get another of this author's books immediate...more
DISAPPOINTING.
one thing was engaging enough to keep me reading: i wanted to know what happened to her mom. at some point her "mama" became known simply by her first name, which reflected what i found to be an unsatisfying and unexpected lack of depth with the emotional side of our heroine.
sure, even before then the exposure of our heroine's heart was uneven: sometimes it was quite shallow and limited to the skin-deep attraction of her vocation. other times it had surprising substance, like some...more
one thing was engaging enough to keep me reading: i wanted to know what happened to her mom. at some point her "mama" became known simply by her first name, which reflected what i found to be an unsatisfying and unexpected lack of depth with the emotional side of our heroine.
sure, even before then the exposure of our heroine's heart was uneven: sometimes it was quite shallow and limited to the skin-deep attraction of her vocation. other times it had surprising substance, like some...more
I wanted a "fluff book"--one with sassy female characters and some intriguing side information like high fashion or gardening or something, but it had to be well-written. At our library book sale, I found Hissy Fit, and some of my requirements were fulfilled: Andrews is a good technical writer, and she sure gave me a lot of info on interior decorating. However, the plot of the story lacks pizzazz, the characters are pretty wooden, and I ended up skimming the last 1/3 of the book, not because I c...more
Keeley Murdock discovers her fiance cheating on her with her maid-of-honor at her rehearsal dinner and throws the aforementioned hissy fit. To be honest, I didn't think the fit was all that bad based on the circumstances. I liked this book more than I thought I would thanks to the entertaining chick lit flavor, but I did have some issues with it. I don't know if it was because it was a library book, but the nook formatting was terrible. I knew the ending before I even started reading because of...more
The first time I knew anything about a Mary Kay Andrews book was when I was traveling all the time and getting Books-on-Tape out of the library. I loved the ones by Southern writers, especially women. On a long drive that usually started at four in the morning, these witty books read by a Southern voice kept me awake and alert and laughing.
Savannah Blues was one of the audio books I borrowed from the Patrick County Library, and I laughed aloud most of the way up the state of Virginia on my drive...more
Savannah Blues was one of the audio books I borrowed from the Patrick County Library, and I laughed aloud most of the way up the state of Virginia on my drive...more
Talk about a great tantrum! You cheer this girl on! In the opening pages, when the bride finds her groom in, shall we say a compromising position with her maid of honor at their rehearsal dinner, she throws the royal hissy fit of hissy fits at the country club right in the middle of Buckhead in Atlanta, Georgia, horrifying her future mother-in-law and probably half of proper society. Go girl!
Keeley Murdock obviously ruined the social event of the season, but she was not going to marry A.J. Jerni...more
Keeley Murdock obviously ruined the social event of the season, but she was not going to marry A.J. Jerni...more
This was a nice, clean book to read with a great story. Keeley Murdack find her finance' cheating on her at her rehearsal dinner with her best friend. When she find out she throws a "hissy fit" so good that she whole town is whispering and as a popular interior designer, losing business immediately. Luckily, she just met Will and Will just bought a run down plantation home and needs a total make other, so he hires Keeley to do the job. Along the way, Will's soon to be finance', Stephanie, is tr...more
Oct 14, 2011
Kate Maxwell
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
chic-lit,
beach-read
Though there were definitely laugh-out-loud parts of this book, if it weren't for the excessive descriptions of interior decorating and furniture, I would have given this 4 stars.
Keeley Murdoch catches her fiance, the night before her wedding, in a compromising position with her best friend and maid of honor. Needless to say, Keeley throws a 'Hissy Fit' in front of everyone, and calls off the wedding. Her daddy is kicked out of the country club, due to her 'episode.'
I loved the characters, and t...more
Keeley Murdoch catches her fiance, the night before her wedding, in a compromising position with her best friend and maid of honor. Needless to say, Keeley throws a 'Hissy Fit' in front of everyone, and calls off the wedding. Her daddy is kicked out of the country club, due to her 'episode.'
I loved the characters, and t...more
Jun 30, 2011
Debbie
added it
Definitely light reading and purely chick lit but still very funny and enjoyable. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. In places I laughed out load. We would all have a "hissy fit" in a situation like this. What she does after the hissy fit is what counts.
This was the Branigan BookClub selection for September 2005.
What do you do if, at your wedding rehearsal dinner, you discover your husband-to-be and your maid of honor furiously boinking like rabbits in the Country Club Boardroom? If you're Keeley Murdock of Madison GA, you throw a monumental HISSY FIT!
OK, so the story is a bit predictable and contains almost every cliche known to writers, but it is hilarious! If you're looking for a fast, fun read that leaves you hot and bothered and wanting mo...more
What do you do if, at your wedding rehearsal dinner, you discover your husband-to-be and your maid of honor furiously boinking like rabbits in the Country Club Boardroom? If you're Keeley Murdock of Madison GA, you throw a monumental HISSY FIT!
OK, so the story is a bit predictable and contains almost every cliche known to writers, but it is hilarious! If you're looking for a fast, fun read that leaves you hot and bothered and wanting mo...more
Nov 15, 2011
Jen (Almost Grown-up)
rated it
3 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
audio-book,
chick-lit
To be posted on Almost Grown-up:
I picked this audiobook up at a library sale quite some time ago, but on most long drives, I preferred to jam out to the radio. On my most recent trip to Orlando, however, I felt like being more entertained. I had a 3 hour trip up and a 3 hour trip back, so the 5 hours and 33 minutes of listening time sounded just about perfect.
Mary Kay Andrews paints a lovely picture in the beginning. Keeley Murdock is about to marry A.J. Jernigan, the “love of her life” and the...more
I picked this audiobook up at a library sale quite some time ago, but on most long drives, I preferred to jam out to the radio. On my most recent trip to Orlando, however, I felt like being more entertained. I had a 3 hour trip up and a 3 hour trip back, so the 5 hours and 33 minutes of listening time sounded just about perfect.
Mary Kay Andrews paints a lovely picture in the beginning. Keeley Murdock is about to marry A.J. Jernigan, the “love of her life” and the...more
What a cute and adorable read that makes you feel happy, sad, angry and hopeful. A romance with a mystery entwined, set in the South.
Keeley Murdock, on the eve of her wedding, discovers her soon-to-be-husband doing the dirty with her maid of honor at their rehearsal dinner and proceeds to throw the biggest tantrum, witnessed by the guests and calls off the wedding.
Keeley decides to throw herself into her work as an interior designer to help salve her wounds from the betrayal except the customers...more
Keeley Murdock, on the eve of her wedding, discovers her soon-to-be-husband doing the dirty with her maid of honor at their rehearsal dinner and proceeds to throw the biggest tantrum, witnessed by the guests and calls off the wedding.
Keeley decides to throw herself into her work as an interior designer to help salve her wounds from the betrayal except the customers...more
Mar 09, 2010
Stacey
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Stacey by:
Ginger O'Rear
Shelves:
2010-books,
audio-book
When Keeley catches her fiancé in the throws of passion with her best friend (and Maid of Honor) on the boardroom table at the Country Club during their rehearsal dinner all Hell breaks loose and Keeley pitches the Hissy Fit to end all Hissy Fits! Trying to forget about her scum sucking fiancé and slutty best friend Keeley dives into her work as an interior decorator and thus the fun begins.
Keeley is hired to make over Mulberry Hill; an old plantation house recently purchased by Will Mahoney for...more
Keeley is hired to make over Mulberry Hill; an old plantation house recently purchased by Will Mahoney for...more
Post Listen Review: Standard romance formula book here. There is a girl who is cheated on. Cheated on girl does something that is publicly embarassing although it is justified. Boy who is not the cheater sees woman do the embarassing thing but they clearly have chemistry even though it looks like they hate each other. Boy decides to hire girl to help with a problem thus ensuring they will see more of each other (in this case interior design) but it is to do something that will win another woman'...more
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Hissy Fit
Reason for Book’s Selection: Generally speaking, I will try almost any book in the Southern Chick Lit. fiction sub-genre, and I stumbled upon this copy at Salvation Army, so home it came.
Characterization: Considering how many characters were involved in the story, the author maintained surprisingly consistent characterization.
Narration: For me, nothing of note here…
Description: Georgia, oh-Georgia. The author devotes time to descriptions of rural life, old architecture (by US standard...more
Reason for Book’s Selection: Generally speaking, I will try almost any book in the Southern Chick Lit. fiction sub-genre, and I stumbled upon this copy at Salvation Army, so home it came.
Characterization: Considering how many characters were involved in the story, the author maintained surprisingly consistent characterization.
Narration: For me, nothing of note here…
Description: Georgia, oh-Georgia. The author devotes time to descriptions of rural life, old architecture (by US standard...more
Spoiler alert! This wasn't as fun a read as the others I've read by Andrews. The main character, Keeley, faces the past to discover the truth about why her mother left her and her father when she was a child. All the while the main plot involves her designing a plantation mansion for a would be love interest if he wasn't already in love with another woman and with her dealing with the aftermath of catching her groom with her maid of honor at their rehearsal dinner. There was a lack of humor that...more
If you like interior design, antique shopping, small towns where everyone knows everyone else's business, and extensive, poetic descriptions of Georgian scenery, then you will fall in love with this book. After reading my second Mary Kay Andrews novel, it's clear she fancies all of the above, and that she writes for this very narrow demographic. Just like Weezie in Savannah Blues, Hissy fit's protagonist, Keeley, has an fascination with ridiculously overpriced, antique furniture. Readers that ar...more
Andrews is a fun writer. She captures the spirit of the south with a delicious flavor.
You aren't going to challenge yourself reading this, but you will laugh in a few places. You are going to want to go along for the ride and you will like the characters. Sure, some of them are shallow, narcissistic and vain, but they all get their comeuppance.
Andrews has a talent for writing a rompy book and then throwing in a serious subplot. I kinda like it. It allows the characters to expand a bit and expl...more
You aren't going to challenge yourself reading this, but you will laugh in a few places. You are going to want to go along for the ride and you will like the characters. Sure, some of them are shallow, narcissistic and vain, but they all get their comeuppance.
Andrews has a talent for writing a rompy book and then throwing in a serious subplot. I kinda like it. It allows the characters to expand a bit and expl...more
Despite the silly title and pastel cover, I think this book is smarter and better written than the average chick lit book (I don’t read a lot of chick lit, so I could be wrong about this).
Keeley Murdoch is a smart, headstrong , interior designer who catches her fiancé and her best friend having sex at her wedding rehearsal dinner, and then proceeds to throw a hissy fit, hence the title. The rest of the book she goes about putting her life back together throwing herself into her work designing a...more
Keeley Murdoch is a smart, headstrong , interior designer who catches her fiancé and her best friend having sex at her wedding rehearsal dinner, and then proceeds to throw a hissy fit, hence the title. The rest of the book she goes about putting her life back together throwing herself into her work designing a...more
I've been on a Mary Kay Andrews reading streak lately. All of her books have a formula that leads to literary success: insert funny, intelligent female protagonist + man who does said protagonist wrong + a mystery = fantastic read. Hissy Fit fits the mold and doesn't disappoint! This novel is about an interior designer named Keely who finds her fiance in a compromising position with her bet friend the night before their wedding. This sends Keely into hysterics as she proceeds to unravel in front...more
Keeley Murdock's wedding to A. J. Jernigan should have been the social event of the season. But when she catches her fiance doing the deed with her maid of honor at the country club rehearsal dinner, all bets are off. And so is the wedding. Keeley pitches the hissy fit of the century, earning herself instant notoriety in the small town of Madison, Georgia.
And all this happens in the first few pages of the book! The rest of the book deals with how Keeley lives with the repercussions of her "hissy...more
And all this happens in the first few pages of the book! The rest of the book deals with how Keeley lives with the repercussions of her "hissy...more
Recommended by a fellow goodreader. This was cute. When bride to be/interior designer in small town Georgia found her groom getting it on with her maid of honor on the boardroom table at the country club during the rehearsal dinner, she threw the hissy fit of a century.
A great beach read! Funny, giggles out loud and a little sexy.
Keeley discovers during her wedding rehearsal that AJ found out the maid of honor "doesn't do it like Keeley"....so she throws a little hissy fit and keys a misspelled bad name on his car. The town is split, who should they feel sorry for. Keeley then proceeds with life and learns more about herself, her missing mother and solves a murder. But that's not all. The night she left the rehearsal dinner, a new guy in town drives her home....more
Keeley discovers during her wedding rehearsal that AJ found out the maid of honor "doesn't do it like Keeley"....so she throws a little hissy fit and keys a misspelled bad name on his car. The town is split, who should they feel sorry for. Keeley then proceeds with life and learns more about herself, her missing mother and solves a murder. But that's not all. The night she left the rehearsal dinner, a new guy in town drives her home....more
Didn't ever think I'd hear or see the expression, "Hissy Fit" so apply applied. This adult selection is humorous, yet deals with the seamier side of adult relationships. The addition of a mystery element creates more developed, believable characters. Enjoy!
Wasn't expecting much from the book but couldn't find anything else to download to my IPOD for the long Thanksgiving drive with other people in the car that would have control of the radio when it got dark. Surprising was the likeability of the main character, who turned out to be way more than just a spoiled southern bell. I did not expect a mystery thrown in as she uncovered what happened to her mother 25 years ago who was supposed to have run off with an employee of her father's. So incredibl...more
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Andrews has a B.A. in newspaper journalism from The University of Georgia. She is a former reporter for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. While a reporter in Savannah, GA, she covered the real-life murder trials which were the basis of the book Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil.
She also publishes under the name Kathy Hogan Trocheck.
http://us.macmillan.com/author/maryka...
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She also publishes under the name Kathy Hogan Trocheck.
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