Based Upon Availability, Alix Strauss
Based Upon Availability, Alix Strauss
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Based Upon Availability
A Novel

Author: Alix Strauss

Narrator: Therese Plummer

Abridged: 6 hr 37 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/08/2010

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

“Like a beautifully-wrapped gift box, full of unexpected pleasures. Alix Strauss proves herself to be an astute and deeply feeling observer of human nature.”
—Dani Shapiro, author of Black & White

A stunning, wise, and witty second novel from renowned trend journalist Alix Strauss, Based Upon Availability chisels away at the exteriors of eight smart and intriguing women while delving deep inside to see what they’re truly made of. Following her Ingram Award-winning The Joy of Funerals—named Best Debut Novel by The New York Resident—Based Upon Availability is women’s literary fiction at its finest.

About Alix Strauss

Alix Strauss is a lifestyle trend writer who appears on national morning and talk shows. Her articles have been published in the New York Times, Marie Claire, Time, and Entertainment Weekly, among other publications. She is the author of The Joy of Funerals, Have I Got a Guy for You, and Death Becomes Them: Unearthing the Suicides of the Brilliant, the Famous, and the Notorious.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Peter on September 21, 2011

I never knew that ladies were so troubled. ALL ladies, apparently. I'd like to apologize to any ladies that I made feel bad in the past, going back until about high school. I did make fun of girls in elementary school, but I feel that was out of my control. Plus, they weren't ladies yet, therefore th......more

Goodreads review by Athira on June 23, 2010

Morgan, the hotel manager of Four Seasons, still misses her sister, who died almost twenty-four years ago, and is contemplating breaking up with her methodical boyfriend. As she meets with her clients and customers, interviews applicants and does room searches, she comes across several interesting w......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on May 08, 2010

What a bunch of depressing, dysfunctional characters!! You'd think I'd love this, since I'm a therapist, but I get enough dysfunction at work!! Based around the Four Seasons Hotel in New York City, this book is the story of several women, all tied together by the main character - a manager of the hot......more

Goodreads review by Gena on November 12, 2020

One depressing story after another. It's a 2 star only because the writing was fairly good.......more

Goodreads review by Gaby on June 29, 2010

The Four Seasons is one of the luxury places that evokes images of Beautiful People - good looking, wealthy, glamorous. Based on Availability is an unusual novel that tells the stories of seemingly unconnected women who pass through Manhattan's Four Seasons Hotel. Here are some of the characters tha......more