Slightly Single

This is a fun read! You will get hooked and want to read in one sitting. I love reading about life in New York City. I will continue reading this series so I can keep up with Tracey's adventures!

I really only read the British authors. Chris Manby. Sarah Harvey. Jane Green. Marian Keyes. This is the first "chick lit" book that I have read that was written by an American and set in NY. I was very pleasantly surprised. I picked this up on a whim and I had it read in under 3 days. Go get it. It is so well written and funny in all the right places. And... it was so real.

This book is hilarious! If anyone has ever been around this group of people, you will know that Tracy's story of her relationship with the wannabee actor rings absolutely true. The secondary characters are people you know from your own life and a look into the behavior of big city advertising agency people should be treasured. ..I can't believe anyone will be disappointed with this story.

Twenty-four years old Tracey Spedolini lives in a crummy New York efficiency. She works as a secretary in a crummy ad agency where her boss takes advantage of her. She is fifty pounds overweight and in love with a drop dead gorgeous wannabe actor. After three years with Will, Tracey retains true, but Will rejects any commitment to her. He is doing summer stock in a small town, but refuses to allow Tracey to accompany him there. She is hurt but turns mortified when she finds herself attracted to Buckley, someone she met at a party. Tracey plans to have that confrontation discussion with Will and perhaps step out with the new man in her life. SLIGHTLY SINGLE is a fascinating mainstream novel about a woman starving for love who lies to herself about her boyfriend. Readers will feel the doubts, denial, and discomfort that Tracey suffers from in her relationships with men. Wendy Markham provides an insightful tale about a nice person unable to stand up for herself when the male of the species is unkind to her.Harriet Klausner

Okay, so I'm 34 and married (happily) but there's still plenty I identified with in this take of a young twentysomething chick stuck in the big city over the summer. The angst of dating, dieting, and suffering through a dead-end job is humorously portrayed in a tale that's full of funny moments, and touching ones, too.