* Preloved * Chick Lit : Running Away From Richard

Item : Chick Lit Book
Title : Running Away From Richard

Publisher : Coronet Books
Author : Chris Manby

Pages : 438

Type : Paperback
Condition : 9/10 (Read once)
Original Price : RM 42.50
KamBaiMo's Selling Price : RM 10 (please add RM 3 only for postage)

Reason For Selling : Clearing out my bookcase
Status : AVAILABLE (1 unit only)

Synopsis

Lizzie Jordan has just been dumped by the love of her life. He told her he didn't want her anymore. After four years. And he couldn't even give her any explanation. Welcome to the world where the heartbroken heroine is busy transforming herself from the Lady of Shallot, "abandoned and beautifully pitiful, to Lady Macbeth, "mad, obsessed, deranged". To make matters worse, her best friend is getting married, and she's bridesmaid; as she despairingly puts it: "I felt like the last remaining human being caught at a WI meeting with the Stepford Wives". Drastic situations need drastic measures so, after spending weeks crying and moping in her parents' house, Lizzie decides to ditch the emotional recriminations and get a grip, by moving to LA to become an actress.

Manby's version of the Hollywood dream is not a fairy tale romance of stardom and sparkle, instead it's a witty, wise look at nightmare situations, and the true value of friendships--of the fine but eccentric kind. Lizzie moves into a cockroach-infested house near Venice beach with Fat Joe from Balham and gets work as a waitress in Lady Boys, a transvestite bar. Through a series of mad-cap escapades and some genuine sadness she stops being a "jellyfish with no opinion on anything that doesn't relate to her or her ex-boyfriend" to someone who is "feisty and bright and opinionated"- just like this hugely enjoyable book in fact. 

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* Preloved * Chick Lit : Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life

Item : Chick Lit Book
Title : Lizzie Jordan's Secret Life

Publisher : Coronet Books
Author : Chris Manby

Pages : 470

Type : Paperback
Condition : 9/10 (Read once)
Original Price : RM 45
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Reason For Selling : Clearing out my bookcase
Status : AVAILABLE (1 unit only)

Synopsis

Five years after leaving university, Lizzie Jordan considers herself one of life's failures. Unlike her highflying friends, Lizzie works as a lowly typist, shares a grotty flat and 'makes do' with her accountant boyfriend. She's never really been able to get over Brian, the handsome American student she dated at university, who is now a hugely successful Wall Street banker. Lizzie still corresponds with Brian by email. But the life she describes to him, with its extravagant parties and million-pound business deals, bears little relation to reality. Lizzie is overjoyed when Brian announces he's coming to stay. But how can she conceal from him the fact that the glamorous lifestyle she's been describing to him all these years is based on a tissue of lies? Ever resourceful, Lizzie comes up with a cunning plan. But the best-laid plans have a habit of going horribly wrong.

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* Preloved * Chick Lit Book : Crazy In Love

Item : Chick Lit Book
Title : Crazy In Love

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Author : Chris Manby

Pages : 290

Type : Paperback
Condition : 9/10 (Read once)
Original Price : RM 32
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Reason For Selling : Clearing out my bookcase
Status : AVAILABLE (1 unit only)

Synopsis

Heiress and celebrity Birdie Sederburg has been used to getting everything she wants. That is, until hot young actor Dean Stevenson (quite literally) crashes into her life. Birdie's convinced she's found The One. But Dean is only in it for his career, and is resisting her charm offensive. Still, Birdie is not prepared to admit defeat. As her obsession with Dean grows, she realises she may have to do something drastic to make him fall in love with her. But is getting herself kidnapped in order to win his heart as insane as it sounds? How far would you go for love?

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* Preloved * Chick Lit Book : The Matchbreaker

Item : Chick Lit Book
Title : The Matchbreaker

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Author : Chris Manby

Pages : 340

Type : Paperback
Condition : 9/10 (Read once)
Original Price : RM 36.90
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Reason For Selling : Clearing out my bookcase
Status : AVAILABLE (1 unit only)

Synopsis

Hell hath no fury like a bridesmaid in an ugly dress...Thrilled isn't the word for how Lindsey Parker feels when her widowed father announces his plans to marry his personal trainer, Karen. The devoted daddy's girl has already scared off three former fiances, and the new one's got to go too-if for no other reason than her appalling taste in bridesmaids' gowns. Lindsey's driven to do something pretty drastic, and nearly manages to kill Karen. Fortunately, while her botched attempt at homicide fails, it does succeed in driving Karen away-along with her hideous velour tracksuits. The trouble is, Dad is genuinely crushed. Now, with a change of heart, Lindsey's on the road to something close to redemption.

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* Preloved * Chick Lit Book : Girl Meets Ape

Item : Chick Lit Book
Title : Girl Meets Ape

Publisher : Coronet Books
Author : Chris Manby

Pages : 406

Type : Paperback
Condition : 9/10 (Read once)
Original Price : RM 36

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Reason For Selling : Clearing out my bookcase
Status : AVAILABLE (1 unit only)

Synopsis

 He's the King of the Swingers. But she's the Ice Queen. When Dr Jennifer Niederhauser becomes head of the chimpanzee project at Prowdes Animal Sanctuary, the uptight young zoologist looks forward to making her mark in the conservation world. But the regime is ramshackle, the chimpanzees uncontrollable and her first meeting with head keeper Guy Gibson finds him naked and covered in baby oil. She decides never to work with animals or the childish again. But, she may not have a job for much longer anyway - Prowdes is in big financial trouble. Salvation comes in the form of a TV documentary. Prowdes needs the money and exposure. But does Jennifer need to be exposed to the show's smooth presenter, chimpanzee expert Dr Timothy Lauder? The ultimate alpha male.

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* Preloved * Chick Lit Book : Ready or Not?

Item : Chick Lit Book

Title : Ready or Not?

Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton

Author : Chris Manby

Pages : 320

Type : Paperback

Condition : 9/10 (Read once)

Original Price : RM 44

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Reason For Selling : Clearing out my bookcase
Status : AVAILABLE (1 unit only)

Synopsis
Every bride is entitled to some pre-wedding jitters. And what girl wouldn’t think twice about marriage when her fiancé gets his eyebrows shaved off just in time to look horrendous for the photographs. But what if it’s not the ceremony that freaks you out but the happy ever after? Heidi Savage is wondering whether she can really forsake all others for macho, beer-swilling Ed. And how can a couple who’ve never even been baby-sitters be ready to start a family of their own? Will the answer come in the form of her ex-boyfriend Steven? Grown-up, gorgeous and good-with-children. Is Heidi’s dilemma simply a case of right shoes, right dress, wrong husband?

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