Mine Are Spectacular!, Janice Kaplan
Mine Are Spectacular!, Janice Kaplan
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Mine Are Spectacular!

Author: Janice Kaplan, Lynn Schnurnberger

Narrator: Susan Denaker

Unabridged: 11 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/05/2005

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Sagas, Women


Synopsis

In the wealthy New York suburb of Hadley Farms, divorced mom Sara Turner is juggling a new fiancé, a new TV career, and a Newcomer’s Club that throws sex-toy parties. Her oldest friend, Kate Steele, is Manhattan’s “Derm Darling”–a successful Park Avenue skin doctor whose office is always packed with the city’s crème de la thin . . . and whose bedroom is frequented by a real estate mogul who has his own plane–and his own very big problem. Meanwhile, Sara’s new neighbor, Berni Davis, has just quit her career as a wildly successful Hollywood talent agent: pregnant with twins, she’s leaving behind her A-list parties and high-profile pals, trading in the fast track for the cul-de-sac. Will heating formula be as thrilling as creating the formula for the next box-office blockbuster?

At an age when women expect to find doors closing, forty-one-year-old Sara and her friends are all on the brink of new beginnings. For these three savvy and spirited friends, facing new options at midlife brings unexpected twists–a baby shower starring a male stripper, the latest Brazilian anticellulite treatment, and a day at a doggie spa that features lipo. Complications arise when a long-gone husband returns from Patagonia, a seductive ex-wife fights to win back Sara’s fiancé, and a hunky soap star stands waiting in the wings. But in a world where women spend their forties trying to look thirty, and girls as young as four use alpha-hydroxy to keep their skin baby smooth, these best friends help one another keep their priorities straight. Most of the time.

A fresh, funny novel about starting over, Mine Are Spectacular! will delight readers with the exploits of these irresistibly witty women. By turns touching and laugh-aloud funny, this is a must read for every woman who knows you’re always the right age for new adventures.

Author Bio

Janice Kaplan is the executive editor of Parade Magazine, the most widely read publication in America. Widely known for her achievements as a writer, television producer, and magazine editor, she was deputy editor of TV Guide magazine and executive producer of the TV Guide Television Group, where she created and produced television specials that aired primetime on ABC, FOX, VH1, and other networks. She began her career as an on-air sports reporter for CBS Radio and went on to be a producer at ABC-TV's Good Morning America, where she won awards for investigative reporting.

A former columnist at Seventeen magazine, Kaplan was a contributing editor at Vogue and has written hundreds of articles for national magazines. She is the author or coauthor of nine books, including the bestselling novels The Botox Diaries, Mine Are Spectacular! and The Men I Didn't Marry.

Kaplan has appeared frequently on Today, Entertainment Tonight, and CBS Early Show, and is a popular speaker around the country on women's issues. She graduated magna cum laude from Yale University and won Yale's Murray Fellowship for writing. Kaplan lives in Larchmont, New York, with her husband and has two sons at Yale.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Tricia on 2007-11-08 19:38:39

This book did not hold my interest at all. The characters were supposed to be funny but were not and I can't believe that anyone could relate to their dilemmas or little adventures.