American Girls about Town

American Girls about Town

A follow-up to Irish Girls About Town and Scottish Girls About Town journeys acrss the Atlantic to present a collection of sixteen tales from some of America's most popular women authors, including Adriana Trigiani, Jennifer Weiner, Quinn Dalton, Judi Hendricks, Lauren Henderson, Lauren Weisberger, Nancy Sparling, and others. Reprint.
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Sarah Sammis@pussreboots
4 stars
Apr 4, 2024

As this is the last story in the book, I'll close with my thoughts on the experience. These fourteen short storties are written by authors I've not read before as I'm not much of a reader of either "women's fiction" or "chick lit." There are some stories I enjoyed enough to want to read more by some of the authors. My favorite stories were by Claire LaZebnik, Adriana Trgiana, Judi Hendricks, Sarah Mlynowski and Jill Smolinski. I'm glad I took the time to read through the stories and the book has for the most part left a positive impression on me. The stories in the book are: (Click on a title to read previous reviews). "A Day in the Life of My Great Brit Book Tour" by Adriana Trigiani. "Five" by Julianna Baggott "Leaving a Light On" by Claire LaZebnik "Moving Day" Cindy Chupack "Yoga Babe" Lauren Henderson "The Truth About Nigel" by Jennifer Weiner "Voodoo Dolls, C-Cups and Eminem" by Melissa Senate "The Bamboo Confessions" by Lauren Weisberger "Amore" by Laura Wolf "Andromeda on the Street of Ducklings" by Judi Hendricks "Bad Manners" by Chris Manby "The Two-Month Itch" by Sarah Mlynowski "I Know a Woman" by Quinn Dalton "Just Visiting" by Nancy Sparling "Forty Days" by Jill Smolinski "The Uncertainty Principle" by Lynda Curnyn "Small Worlds" by Gretchen Laskas

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Ratri Adityarani@ratrichibi
3 stars
Dec 1, 2021
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Alayna@forever604
3 stars
Oct 12, 2021

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