Jennifer Johnson Is Sick of Being Married: A Novel
By (Author) Heather Mcelhatton
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc
William Morrow Paperbacks
13th November 2012
United States
General
Fiction
813.6
Paperback
352
Width 135mm, Height 203mm, Spine 20mm
265g
No so terribly long ago, Heather McElhatton's flawed, neurotic, yet lovable average American heroine Jennifer Johnson was sick of being single. Now Jennifer Johnson is Sick of Being Married. The author who brought us the wildly popular Pretty Little Mistakes now favors readers with the next delectably eventful chapter in Jennifer's life, as her new fairy tale marriage (to the wealthy son of a department store tycoon) hits a serious snag, thanks in no small part to a honeymoon-from-hell in a fundamentalist Christian compound and the prospect of a life of bizarre servitude to her devout mother-in-law's church committee. This is outrageously funny, wonderfully edgy contemporary women's fiction in the Helen Fielding and Sophie Kinsella mode that anyone who has ever laughed at the raunchy humor of Sarah Silverman or Chelsea Handler is going to love.
"This brash and funny novel plays with the form, with a dark, intelligent and wholly unexpected conclusion...Jennifer is uncomfortable, wickedly funny and ultimately likable...."--Minneapolis Star Tribune
This brash and funny novel plays with the form, with a dark, intelligent and wholly unexpected conclusion Jennifer is uncomfortable, wickedly funny and ultimately likable . --Minneapolis Star Tribune
Heather McElhatton produced the award-winning literary series Talking Volumes. Her commentaries have been heard on This American Life, Marketplace, Weekend America, Sound Money, and The Savvy Traveler. She lives in Key West with her pug, Walter.