The Guy Not Taken - Softcover

Weiner, Jennifer

3.48

24,126 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1416527702 ISBN 13: 9781416527701

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK, 2007

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IN THE GUY NOT TAKEN, A YOUNG MARRIED WOMAN HAPPENS UPON HER EX BOYFRIEND S WEDDING REGISTRY AND WONDERS WHAT LIFE WOULD HAVE BEEN LIKE IF SHE D ENDED UP WITH HIM AFTER ALL -- ONLY TO WAKE UP AND FIND OUT HER DREAM, FOR BETTER AND WORST, HAS COME TRUE. IN TOUR OF DUTY, A YOUNG MAN VISITS AN IVY LEAGUE COLLEGE WITH HIS MOTHER WHO DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO TELL HIM THAT HIS FATHER HAS LEFT AND IS MOVING OUT DURING THEIR WEEKEND AWAY. AND IN KIDNAPPING NANA TWO SISTERS TRAVEL TO A BEACH RESORT AND KIDNAP AN OLDER WOMAN SO THEY HAVE A PLACE TO STAY WHILE THEY RE THERE -- AND FIND AN UNEXPECTED BOND WITH THE OLDER WOMAN IN THE PROCESS.

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In Guy Not Taken, a young married woman happens upon her ex boyfriend's wedding registry and wonders what life would have been like if she'd ended up with him after all - only to wake up and find out her dream, for better and worst, has come true. In Tour of Duty, a young man visits an ivy league college with his mother who does not know how to tell him that his father has left and is moving out during their weekend away. And in Kidnapping Nana two sisters travel to a beach resort and kidnap an older woman so they have a place to stay while they're there - and find an unexpected bond with the older woman in the process.

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'Like Helen Fielding, Weiner balances romantic formula with fresh humour, deft characterisations and literary sensibility'. -- Praise for Weiner, GUARDIAN

'Weiner has an easy way with words and an enviable insight'. -- Praise for Weiner, DAILY MIRROR

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