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What's a Girl to Do?: While Waiting for Mr. Right
Things to Do with Your Ex-Boyfriend’s
A. Return it cleaned and pressed in time for his next date.
B. Sew it into a pillow to cry on.
C. Use it to clean out the crud in your refrigerator.
If you chose option C, this book is for you. With quick wit and refreshing honesty, Janet Folger will make you laugh and cry, sparing you the usual Christian singles saccharine.
Enjoy a fun and lively chat with a girl who knows your struggles. “You’re alone now—like me,” Janet says—“because God has something critically important He wants you to do right now.”
Single people could very well be the most effective members of God's kingdom, so Satan gets them to believe they're forsaken by God. But it's a lie. This is an honest, encouraging, and hilarious chat with a woman who knows single people's struggles. Folger's witty insights will clear readers' minds of the lies that destroy their happiness and freedom as single women - all the sooner to find what God has for them to do right now. You’ll be encouraged as you pursue the rich, surprising life God made you for.
Story Behind the Book
Writing a book about dating just isn’t my thing. Not my area of expertise. Not my focus. But then I started thinking about it. Maybe I have learned some things. Maybe I could add something useful to the mix that hadn’t been said already. So I emailed my agent to say I would consider it. Then I broke up with my boyfriend. When my agent telephoned to ask why I hadn’t responded to his emails, the call went something like “You can forget about the book. I can’t even write a pamphlet. How in the world am I supposed to give advice when I can’t handle my own love life?” In his pep talk, my agent told me the thing I have going for me is honesty. He told me to picture myself in a coffee shop catching up with friends, trading stories, binding each other’s wounds, laughing, refocusing, and re-emerging as the women God wants us to be. So I did.
A. Return it cleaned and pressed in time for his next date.
B. Sew it into a pillow to cry on.
C. Use it to clean out the crud in your refrigerator.
If you chose option C, this book is for you. With quick wit and refreshing honesty, Janet Folger will make you laugh and cry, sparing you the usual Christian singles saccharine.
Enjoy a fun and lively chat with a girl who knows your struggles. “You’re alone now—like me,” Janet says—“because God has something critically important He wants you to do right now.”
Single people could very well be the most effective members of God's kingdom, so Satan gets them to believe they're forsaken by God. But it's a lie. This is an honest, encouraging, and hilarious chat with a woman who knows single people's struggles. Folger's witty insights will clear readers' minds of the lies that destroy their happiness and freedom as single women - all the sooner to find what God has for them to do right now. You’ll be encouraged as you pursue the rich, surprising life God made you for.
Story Behind the Book
Writing a book about dating just isn’t my thing. Not my area of expertise. Not my focus. But then I started thinking about it. Maybe I have learned some things. Maybe I could add something useful to the mix that hadn’t been said already. So I emailed my agent to say I would consider it. Then I broke up with my boyfriend. When my agent telephoned to ask why I hadn’t responded to his emails, the call went something like “You can forget about the book. I can’t even write a pamphlet. How in the world am I supposed to give advice when I can’t handle my own love life?” In his pep talk, my agent told me the thing I have going for me is honesty. He told me to picture myself in a coffee shop catching up with friends, trading stories, binding each other’s wounds, laughing, refocusing, and re-emerging as the women God wants us to be. So I did.
240 pages, Paperback
First published January 9, 2004
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April 5, 2007
I know the title is a little cheesy, but I really enjoyed this book. The writer is amusing, and scatters around from topics like she is sitting down having a conversation with you, but I didn't find it distracting, just fun. She doesn't try and preach at you, she just shares some of her life experiences and encourages other single women like herself to not waste those single years yearning for marriage. She encourages you to let God use you where you are. A book worth owning.
November 16, 2025
DNF on page 80.
Nonsensical rambling about her own love life with bizarre tangents throughout. Disorganized writing style and the book itself was horribly formatted with uneven margins and strange spacing.
Nonsensical rambling about her own love life with bizarre tangents throughout. Disorganized writing style and the book itself was horribly formatted with uneven margins and strange spacing.
December 22, 2019
It was a decent book. I felt like it was more of an autobiography of her love life than a book about relationships. But it was good and funny!
October 18, 2009
I absolutely adore this book! Janet Folger is an amusing and well written author who took a cliche topic and spun into a wonderful outlook on christian singleness and relationships...it really does feel like you are in a coffee shop with a best friend. I recommend this book for all of those single women who are looking for something more.
December 12, 2013
Genuine, honest, realistic look at single life and the woes of dating in the life of a Christian woman. It was written with a humoristic slant, but very wise and practical nonetheless. Sympathizing with, and acknowledging struggles, but refusing to wallow, and ever pointing back to God. NEEDED THIS!
June 20, 2012
This book really helped me get through my break-up and I really liked it overall. However, regardless of my position in the matter, I felt that she talked about her pro-life agenda a whole lot. It annoyed me some when it didn't seem to have anything with her core message.
June 27, 2016
A great little book of encouragement from someone who was single for a long time (and therefore knows how it is). The focus is really on making God's plan your focus rather than your desired plan your focus. A great read for anyone who is single and doesn't want to be.
January 8, 2009
This book is not just one of those lame dating books - its a great book about being a woman of God. Janet is funny and forthright. Its an AWESOME book!
January 23, 2013
I did not like it I real didn't get anything out of it but one thing. Have friends other than your significant other
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