Something Borrowed - Hardcover

Giffin, Emily

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 031232118X ISBN 13: 9780312321185

Publisher: St Martins Pr, 2004

Synopsis

After a night of indiscriminate partying, Rachel sleeps with a close friend's fiancé and is consumed with guilt, until the intensity of her feelings forces her to make a difficult choice. A first novel. 50,000 first printing.

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Review:

"[A] modern-day Jane Austen."--"Vanity Fair"

"A page-turning, heartbreakingly honest debut."--"Entertainment Weekly", "Grade A"

"Hilarious and thoughtfully written. You may never think of friendships--their duties, the oblique dances of power, and their give-and-take--quite the same way again."--"Seattle Times"

"Delightful, winning, and real."--"Glamour"

"A modern-day Jane Austen." --Vanity Fair"What kind of self-described 'nice girl' would sleep with her best friend's fiance? One who's seriously flawed, like this delightful debut novel's heroine, but also surprisingly winning and real." --Glamour"""This page-turning, heartbreakingly honest debut...deftly depicts the hopeful hearts behind an unsympathetic situation." --Entertainment Weekly "Both hilarious and thoughtfully written, resisting the frequent tendency of first-time novelists to make their characters and situations a little too black-and-white. You may never think of friendships - their duties, the oblique dances of power and their give-and-take - quite the same way again." --Seattle Times"A thrill to read." --Washington Post"Sharply observed and beautifully etched." --Newark Star-Ledger"Dead-on dialogue, real-life complexity and genuine warmth." "--"Seattle Post-Intelligencer"Forget 'Bergdorf Blondes.' The [book] you want in your bag this year is Emily Giffin's SOMETHING BORROWED. It's smarter, less arch and more believable. The characters are authentic. Best of all, SOMETHING BORROWED captures what it's like to be 30 and single in the city, when your life pretty much revolves around friendships and love and their attendant complexities." --San Francisco Chronicle""

A modern-day Jane Austen. "Vanity Fair"

What kind of self-described nice girl' would sleep with her best friend's fiance? One who's seriously flawed, like this delightful debut novel's heroine, but also surprisingly winning and real. "Glamour"

This page-turning, heartbreakingly honest debut deftly depicts the hopeful hearts behind an unsympathetic situation. "Entertainment Weekly"

Both hilarious and thoughtfully written, resisting the frequent tendency of first-time novelists to make their characters and situations a little too black-and-white. You may never think of friendships their duties, the oblique dances of power and their give-and-take quite the same way again. "Seattle Times"

A thrill to read. "Washington Post"

Sharply observed and beautifully etched. "Newark Star-Ledger"

Dead-on dialogue, real-life complexity and genuine warmth. "Seattle Post-Intelligencer"

Forget Bergdorf Blondes.' The [book] you want in your bag this year is Emily Giffin's SOMETHING BORROWED. It's smarter, less arch and more believable. The characters are authentic. Best of all, SOMETHING BORROWED captures what it's like to be 30 and single in the city, when your life pretty much revolves around friendships and love and their attendant complexities. "San Francisco Chronicle""

-A modern-day Jane Austen.- --Vanity Fair

-What kind of self-described 'nice girl' would sleep with her best friend's fiance? One who's seriously flawed, like this delightful debut novel's heroine, but also surprisingly winning and real.- --Glamour

-This page-turning, heartbreakingly honest debut...deftly depicts the hopeful hearts behind an unsympathetic situation.- --Entertainment Weekly

-Both hilarious and thoughtfully written, resisting the frequent tendency of first-time novelists to make their characters and situations a little too black-and-white. You may never think of friendships - their duties, the oblique dances of power and their give-and-take - quite the same way again.- --Seattle Times

-A thrill to read. - --Washington Post

-Sharply observed and beautifully etched.- --Newark Star-Ledger

-Dead-on dialogue, real-life complexity and genuine warmth.- --Seattle Post-Intelligencer

-Forget 'Bergdorf Blondes.' The [book] you want in your bag this year is Emily Giffin's SOMETHING BORROWED. It's smarter, less arch and more believable. The characters are authentic. Best of all, SOMETHING BORROWED captures what it's like to be 30 and single in the city, when your life pretty much revolves around friendships and love and their attendant complexities.- --San Francisco Chronicle

Review:

“Delightful, winning, and real.” (Glamour)

“One of the hottest books of the summer . . . Giffin avoids what could have been a cliché-ridden tale by skillfully developing Rachel and her best friend Darcy into three-dimensional characters.” (Atlanta Journal Constitution)

“Something Borrowed is both hilarious and thoughtfully written, resisting the frequent tendency of first-time novelists to make their characters and situations a little too black-and-white. You may never think of friendships - their duties, the oblique dances of power and their give-and-take - quite the same way again.” (The Seattle Times)

“Giffin's compelling debut truly stands out. It is as much about the meaning and value of friendship as it is about love, and it takes some risky chances that pay off . . . It's a gamble to cast her heroine in a potentially unsympathetic light, but Giffin manages to create empathy for her likable characters without cheapening the complexity of their situation, making for a genuinely wining tale.” (Booklist)

About this edition

• Publisher: St Martins Pr
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 031232118X
• ISBN 13: 9780312321185
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 322