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Traumfrau mit Nebenwirkungen. Sonderausgabe.

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Bekannt geworden ist Amelie Fried durch ihre Talkshows im Fernsehen und als Moderatorin bei Stern -TV. Als Autorin ist sie dabei, sich einen Namen zu machen. In ihrem ersten Buch Die Störenfrieds erzählt sie von den lustigen Erlebnissen mit ihren beiden Kindern. Ihr zweites Buch, ein Roman, schildert das abwechslungsreiche Leben einer jungen, selbständigen PR-Managerin. Cora, die bis zu ihrem dreißigsten Geburtstag sehr erfolgreich ist und in der Schublade TSY (Traumfrau, Single, Yuppie) einsortiert werden kann, tanzt in Pumps oder Turnschuhen, je nachdem, was gerade angesagt ist, unbekümmert durchs Leben. Bis zum nächsten Geburtstag sind da aber einige Hürden zu nehmen, die Amelie Fried in witzigen Dialogen in einem rasanten Tempo in Angriff erzählt. Sei es, daß der größte Auftraggeber kündigt, ihr Freund sie betrügt oder die beste Freundin schwanger ist. Es schaut für Cora ganz danach aus, als ob das Leben doch keine große Geburtstagsparty wäre. Allerdings gibt es da noch den coolen Künstler, mit dem sie sich noch nie verstanden hat. Manchmal hat er aber ganz passable Ideen... --Manuela Haselberger

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First published January 1, 1997

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May 30, 2025
Cora ist Karrierefrau und kann sich „klassisches Leben“ nicht vorstellen. Autorin ist ironisch, witzig und ich konnte Buch fast nicht aus der Hand legen, weil das Ende nicht direkt absehbar war. Kein Kitschroman!
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October 5, 2013
I wanted to like this book, since the author seems interesting and her recent non-fiction (on marriage) was pretty good, but this one was too boring. The main character was so tremendously irritating and unbelievable, that I wonder: is this the incarnation of the Cool Girl (see Gillian Flynn's) that all men dream about? This selfish, arrogant, superficial and childish yet supposedly irresistible 30-year old? As it is, I could not care a bit about her self-inflicted dating drama and confined her to the darkest corner of our library.
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August 19, 2021
I loved it. It is a simple story, well written, a bit funny and you can get into the character.
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March 2, 2026
Die Einzige Spur, die ich auf der Welt zurücklassen würde, wären Tausende von Schokoladenverpackungen und ein Paar gebrauchte Kondome!

("The only sign that I'd ever been on Earth would be thousands of chocolate wrappers and a couple of used condoms!")
Well, no. I’ll get to that. Let us remember the words of Maya Angelou: “People will not remember what you said or what you did. What they remember is the way you made them feel.” And this book actually made me feel pretty good. When I select a book in German, it’s not so much to read what I want, but rather what I feel capable of reading. And if it narrowly intersects what’s available in the library, even better. I approached this as a sort of Duolingo exercise and was surprised at how sharply it was written.
”Sag mal, möchtest Du vielleicht weniger arbeiten und mehr verdienen?“

Selten dämlich Frage.

„Nee, Hella, am liebsten möchte ich ganz viel arbeiten und gar nichts verdienen.“

("Hey, would you be interested in working less but earning more money"?

An unusually stupid question.

"No, Hella, what I'd really like is to work a whole lot for no pay at all.")
The words above are spoken by Cora. The book begins on her thirtieth birthday and ends on her thirty-first. She is a raging ball of Id, selfish and shallow and not very likable. But not lazy – her life is an unending series of minor dramas as she manages her own business, kisses lots of frogs who fail to turn into princes and generally presides over a life barely this side of a train wreck. The book seems firmly in the camp of the benefits of all-night raves, waking up next to coworkers, Ecstasy, Valium and somehow retaining one’s enviable figure. She’s actually a recognizable figure, one of those people around whom a small part of the world really does seem to turn, even if they don’t really deserve it.

But the story is ultimately conservative. The gals call each other “Mädels” ironically, at first, but indeed that is what they are, just awaiting the stars to align so they can settle down and start poppin’ out babies. It’s an old story, but is told with charm. Every sentence in this book serves a purpose. (I might not feel this way had I read it in English, so cut me some slack here.) Some of the descriptions, such as a throwaway sentence about getting snowed in at a friend’s house and waking up to fresh, frigid air blowing in through an open window, struck me hard with reminiscence.

If you’re in the market for 1996 coming-of-age novels written in German, you could do a whole lot worse. I expected nothing, and got back a piece of my younger life.

(Title = "Dream Girl with Side Effects")
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