Shoe Addict Anonymous | Shoe Addicts Anonymous

Are you a shoe addict too? | Shoe Addicts Anonymous | Beth Harbison

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	• Shoe Addicts Anonymous Beth Harbison St. Martin's Griffin, 2008 - 352 pages average customer review:based on 35 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Sole Sisters stick together

My friend loaned me this book and strongly recommended it. Not being a shoe fanatic, I wasn't going to read it but she shares my taste in books. I'm glad I took her advice. Although a bit too Pollyanna-ish in the end, "Shoe Addicts Anonymous" was a fun story and primo chick lit: shopping, wine, weight loss, romance, and revenge. Does it get better than this? When three women with an obsession for designer shoes and one woman in search of an escape form Shoe Addicts Anonymous, they bare more than their "soles". Their lives intertwine: Lorna is working double-shifts as a waitress to pay off her shoe habit; Helene is hiding a past from her cheating politician-husband; Sandra is an agoraphobic phone sex operator; and Joss is a young nanny enslaved by a nasty employer. For any woman who has ever relied on her friends for much-needed laughter, cried on their shoulders, or exacted revenge, this book is a joy. Much like "First Wives Club", you'll end up smiling at the end of this book!

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Shoe Addict Anonymous

I love shoes, and the book was an easy read, but it really didn't "grab or hold me" until the last quarter of the book

Are you a shoe addict too?

This is the typical, generic, chick-lit that one would expect when picking this up. That is not bad thing. It's an enjoyable tale of four women with an obsession for shoes (well, 3 of them). This is nothing revolutionary, but it is the perfect beach read or pick-me-up to any woman's day.

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Wildly Entertaining book, but fails a bit to deliver in the end

I was immediately drawn to this book from the first few pages. A group of 4 women from different backgrounds that have a same common interest, their love of shoes.

Likes -
1) The end of each chapter wanted to keep you reading more.
2) The main characters were very likeable
3) Enjoyed the beginning and middle of story
4) Detailed characters very well
5) Very easy and fun read

Dislikes -
1) Didn't see too much development in characters, they miraculously jumped from being one way to another
2) Detailed certain characters (Transvestite & Sandra's regular Caller) but they never eclipsed like you would expect. No real explanation why they did what they did.
3) Detailed the beginning and middle very well but then wrapped it up too quickly in the end. The end was VERY rushed.
4) Characters developed this tight bond overnight, which was somewhat unrealistic
5) Sandra miraculously recovered from her agoraphobia almost overnight
6) The car chase - that's all I have to say...
7) Ending was completely C-O-R-N-Y. It was pretty much just "summarized" as if the author got tired of writing and just quickly summed it up.

I really liked this book in the beginning but as soon as the car chase (involving all the main characters) it went down hill from there. Too cheezy. The author so quickly unraveled the story after taking so much time developing each character that she jumped from one plot to the next with no realistic flow. The ending was really disappointing. Pretty lazy if you ask me.

About 80% of the book is enjoyable, so I would recommend it and take the ending with a grain of salt.

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AMAZING!

By far the best book I've read... you have to get the second one tooo... the secret life if a show addict! AMAAAAAAAZING! I'm not much of a reader but I couldn't put this book down. I also made my friends buy it. I can't wait for another to come out!

Four different women. One common shoe size. And a shared lust for fabulous footwear.

Helene Zaharis?s politician husband keeps her on a tight leash and cancels her credit cards as a way of controlling her. Lorna Rafferty is up to her eyeballs in debt and can?t stop her addiction to eBay. Sandra Vanderslice, battling agoraphobia, pays her shoe bills by working as a phone-sex operator. And Jocelyn Bowen is a nanny for the family from hell (who barely knows a sole from a heel but who will do anything to get out of the house.)

On Tuesday nights, these women meet to trade shoes and, in the process, form friendships that will help them each triumph over their problems---from secret pasts to blackmail, bankruptcy, and dating. Funny, emotional, and powerful, Shoe Addicts Anonymous is a perfect read for any woman who has ever struggled to find the perfect ?t.

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