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Behaving like Adultsby Anna MaxtedISBN 0060096683 (0-06-009668-3)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Behaving like Adults'Book summary:Anna Maxted is not one to shy away from difficult and emotionally traumatic issues. Here in Behaving Like Adults she tackles date rape having dealt with bereavement in her first book, Getting Over It, and with eating disorders in her second novel, Running In Heels. It sounds grim--"doomed chick lit"--but the joy of Anna Maxted's books (and they are joyful, despite everything) is the humour and sympathy of her writing.
The heroine of this story is Holly, who runs a dating agency. She split up with Nick, her childish boyfriend of five years, because "he didn't know how to make an effort in a relationship" (he lives on "hygiene's edge" not washing or talking enough, and being a generally lacklustre dating companion). She decides to throw a party to celebrate the success of her business and chooses rich and arrogant Stuart as her date for the evening. He brings Holly home, pushes her to the floor, and rapes her, and she doesn't tell anyone. As she says: "as long as I skated along the surface of my composure, I was fine. There was more underneath, I knew, but it was dark and cold and deathly and I refused to go there."
The rest of the novel deals with the repercussions of the rape, with Holly trying to carry on as normal, but being unable to. She is forced to redefine her life and her relationships, especially with Nick. Behaving Like Adults is well observed, moving, funny and intensely readable. --Eithne Farry [via]
Behaving Like Adults Proofby Anna MaxtedISBN 0434883417 (0-434-88341-7)
Softcover, Egmont Books, Limited
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Bein Committed Spec Salesby Anna MaxtedISBN 0099505339 (0-09-950533-9)
Softcover, Random House
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Being Committedby Anna MaxtedISBN 0060096705 (0-06-009670-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Being Committed'Book summary:A fabulous new novel from the bestselling author of Behaving Like Adults.
Hannah thinks you have to be absolutely nuts to want to get married. Shes quite content with her life thank you very much -- her job as a private investigator for Hound Dog investigations, Jason, her boyfriend of ten years standing, and her relationship with her wonderful dad (pity her mum is such a disaster). Besides which, shes tried marriage once but she and Jack ended up divorced before she was 21: it was a bit much to ask a girl to stay faithful when shes scarcely out of her teens and the world of full of wonderful men.
So when the long-suffering Jason proposes, Hannah doesnt think twice about turning him down. But would she have said no if shed known that only a month later Jason would be engaged to someone else? Is she really the emotional retard that Jason thinks she is? Maybe, just maybe, theres something in his theory that being committed means first coming to terms with your past.
Brimming with the warmth, perception and understanding that characterizes Anna Maxteds writing, Being Committed mixes heartache with humour and is perhaps her finest novel yet.
From the Hardcover edition. [via]More editions of Being Committed:
- Being Committed: A Novel: ISBN 0099481677 (0-09-948167-7)
Softcover, Random House - Being Committed: ISBN 0060096691 (0-06-009669-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Being Committed : A Novel: ISBN 0434010308 (0-434-01030-8)
Hardcover, Random House - Being Committed: ISBN 0060096705 (0-06-009670-5)
Softcover, Harpercollins
- Being Committed: A Novel: ISBN 0099481677 (0-09-948167-7)
Getting over Itby Anna MaxtedISBN 006098824X (0-06-098824-X)
Softcover, Harpercollins
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Getting over It Display Pieceby Anna MaxtedISBN 0099273659 (0-09-927365-9)
Hardcover, Southgate Publishers
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Getting over It Proofby Anna MaxtedISBN 0099275155 (0-09-927515-5)
Hardcover, Random House
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Running in Heelsby Anna MaxtedISBN 0060988258 (0-06-098825-8)
Softcover, Regan Books
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- Running in Heels: A Novel: ISBN 009946375X (0-09-946375-X)
Hardcover, Random House - Running in Heels : A Novel: ISBN 0099416638 (0-09-941663-8)
Softcover, Random House - Running in Heels: ISBN 0060393211 (0-06-039321-1)
Hardcover, Harpercollins - Running in Heels: ISBN 0060988258 (0-06-098825-8)
Softcover, Regan Books
- Running in Heels: A Novel: ISBN 009946375X (0-09-946375-X)
Running in Heels Window Stickerby Anna MaxtedISBN 0099426080 (0-09-942608-0)
Hardcover, Random House
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A Tale of Two Sistersby Anna MaxtedISBN 0099439921 (0-09-943992-1)
Softcover, Random House
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Tale of Two Sisters'Book summary:Cassie is skinny, clever, charismatic, successful every right-thinking girls worst nightmare. The one flaw in her quality-controlled life may be her marriage, and if there are any other flaws lurking, Cassie has them covered. Her sister Lizbet is plumper, plainer, dreamier more concerned about the design on her coffee cup than whether she can afford her new house. She works reluctantly for Ladzmag, desperate to make her name as a writer, but stuck writing embarrassing articles on sex. Her one achievement is her relationship with Tim who thinks shes cute, not stupid, for asking why Jesus has a Mexican name.
Despite Cassie being the favoured child, she and Lizbet have managed to stay friends. But thats about to change. Confronted by challenges they never asked for, forced apart by mistakes not their own, will they ever understand the real meaning of sisterhood, or will true nature ruin everything&?
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- A Tale of Two Sisters: ISBN 0099509156 (0-09-950915-6)
Softcover, Random House - A Tale of Two Sisters: ISBN 0452288517 (0-452-28851-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA - A Tale of Two Sisters: ISBN 0525949739 (0-525-94973-9)
Hardcover, E P Dutton - A Tale of Two Sisters: ISBN 0434015598 (0-434-01559-8)
Softcover, Heinemann - A Tale of Two Sisters: ISBN 0099439921 (0-09-943992-1)
Softcover, Random House
- A Tale of Two Sisters: ISBN 0099509156 (0-09-950915-6)
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