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Amanda's Wedding [French] [Paperback]

Jenny Colgan
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Book Description

4 July 2011

A deliciously warm and hilarious romp of a novel set in twenty-something heartland.

Amanda’s old schoolfriends can’t believe it when the social-climbing queen of preen, Satan’s very own PR girl, pulls off the ultimate publicity stunt in getting herself engaged to a Scottish laird. Who cares that Fraser McConnald has worn the same pair of Converse trainers for the last three years and that his castle is a pile of rubble with one calor gas heater – she’ll be titled!

Something Must Be Done. Gentle, decent Fraser is clearly ignorant of her wiles, and Mel and Fran, still smarting from the memory of all the mean things Amanda put them through in their days at Portmount Comprehensive, set out to sabotage this mismatch of the century. So between fighting off the attentions of a love-crazed accountant, keeping Fran’s deadly manoeuvres with the opposite sex under control and trying to win her own war of love with the elusive but gorgeous Alex, Mel finds herself attending a wild Scottish stag night, a hen night from hell, and preparing for a wedding that’s everything you’d wish on your worst enemy.


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Product details

  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: HarperCollins (4 July 2011)
  • Language: French
  • ISBN-10: 0006531768
  • ISBN-13: 978-0006531760
  • Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 11 x 2.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (45 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 73,292 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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90s girl-about-town Mel is adjusting to life without posh-boy Alex, whose attempts to make it big in the music biz have propelled him to the land of the free and Bruce Springsteen. Having omitted to mention his grand tour to Mel however, he has left our heroine a tad disturbed--grounds indeed for taking comfort in the arms of smelly, over-sized accountants with juvenile tendencies. Alex's emotional return coincides with the news that Mel's old "friend" Amanda, social-climber pas excellent (sic), has succeeded in getting herself hitched to Scottish laird Fraser for whom Mel has long harboured feelings of an X-rated nature. Before long, Fraser's brother Angus and Mel's friend Fran--an evil-mouthed, scary, man-hater--join forces in an attempt to rescue the scruffy Scot from the talons of the wannabe "It" girl, whose only interests lie in a double-barrelled aristo title and an ancestral pile.

Amanda's Wedding flies riotously through the pre-nuptial rituals of stag and hen nights and disastrous dinner parties to a staggering, if inevitable, wedding day from hell. Colgan's merciless observations of the London social scene are as witty and sharp as her take on the (extra)ordinary lives of middle-class brunettes from Woking. "Four Weddings and a Funeral" meets "Boys Behaving Badly"--and what is flat-mate Linda's, dark (and milk), cacao-based secret? --Carey Green

From the Author

Ummm.. hello there
I always wondered what happened when you push the 'I am the author' button. And now I know! I think I'll go off and be John Irving now... Thanks very much for buying Amanda's Wedding, or, if you're only browsing and thinking about it... go on. It'll cheer you up, I promise. It's daft and it's got a good song about bestiality in it, and who can ask for more for £4.79?

I am currently in the process of trying to build a website (badly)... so try going there if you want to see a preview of the new book, 'Talking to Addison' which is coming out in September, about how all the nice rich men these days work in computing, and therefore if you want one of these smart young men, you're going to have to put up with an awful lot of crap about Star Trek. It'll also have reading dates and stuff, plus photographs, if I can get my stupid digital camera to work, which I CAN'T.

Feel free to say whatever you want about the book here- after a newspaper said I looked like Gail from Coronation Street, nothing can ever hurt me again!

Very warm wishes, and once again, thank you,

Jenny Colgan.


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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious, romping good fun romance! 2 Jun 2001
Format:Paperback
When Mel and Fran's old school chum and arch enemy - the super snob Amanda, (Satan's very own PR girl), pulls off the ultimate publicity stunt in getting herself engaged to a Scottish laird - they descend into a drunken binge (and a night with the 6 foot 7 accountant who is the most boring accountant in the world) - which constitutes the worst drop into despair in the world. It seems Amanda does not mind that.Fraser McConnald wears the same pair of Converse trainers for years on end, and that his castle is a pile of rubble with one Calor Gas heater - Amanda wants to be titled - and what Amanda wants, Amanda gets - even if it means fake smiles, lots of bared white teeth and tight leather trousers.

Fraser, rather sweet and gentle, is clearly ignorant of her wiles (aren't all males though) so it is up to our heroine, Mel and her acerbic friend Fran, still smarting from the memory of Amanda's perfidy at school, to save him from mismatch of the century. To bring this all off and get her final revenge on her arch enemy Mel has to fight off an even greater and more pressing nemesis - the ardent attentions of the most boring accountant in the world, at the same time she has to keepg Fran's deadly manoeuvres with the opposite sex under control and try to win back the love of her life, the gorgeous, but fiendishly uncommitted Alex.

Walking with Mel through the wedding preparations which include hen night from hell are just wonderful, light fun.

This is a hellluva funny debut novel - well worth a read and definitely an author to watch out for. At times I thought it would tip over into self-concious joke telling - ah la most stand up comedians who end up writing books (Ellen de Generes, Paul Reisner et al) but this was great.... Read more ›

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Don't write this book off...... 14 May 2000
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...as just a little bit of light reading, on the bus, blah blah blah. It is of course, but if you read between the one-liners there are truths about relationships between friends, and some people you've met a thousand times. The truth is sarcasm / banal comments and ... gags are how most of us speak anyway. I don't think I've actually had a proper conversation since I was 5 - and I sure do a lot of talking. Please note, even light reading needs to be well written and this is. Smashing book - made me giggle out loud. Site address would be nice. Jenny Colgan has undoubtedly chosen a very "comedy" address that is completely unguessable.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars HA HA! Brilliant. 12 April 2007
Format:Paperback
I read this book about a year ago, my first Jenny Colgan book and now I have read all but two of her books.

It was too her first published book, so I think if someone was choose to start reading one of her books, this would be the one to start with.

It is by far, in my opinion, the funniest of all her books with many unexpected twists and turns.

The story is basic, but genius for someone who hasn't read in a while.

I've got back into reading thanks to Jenny Colgan!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I have read books written by Jenny Colgan in the past, and I find that her reading offers a great pick-me-up when you're in need of something light but entertaining. Therefore, I deliberately searched for one of Jenny's books for my next read, and found myself with Amanda's Wedding. I really liked the storyline in this one, and found myself really identifying with the main character. Colgan's witty comments always pop up unexpectedly, making the book interesting and humorous. I definitely recommend this one!!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars A bit of a let-down 8 Jun 2000
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Format:Paperback
Sorry, but this book can somehow just be described as lukewarm. Too many hangovers without having heard about the party, too many characters who have no idea what they want or where they're going (least of all the main one, Mel, who seemed to me to be of the ripe young age of about 17). For more laughs and actually grown-up figures stick to Jemima J (J. Green) and the like.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent book you cant put down. 9 Jan 2006
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Amandas Wedding was the first book of Jenny Colgans i read out of all of them (oh yeah i've read all of them lol) I first read it about 5 years ago, loved it, so when i was bored 2 months a go i picked it back up. I suddenly remembered why i loved it, its so witty, sarcastic and full of humour as well as romance,friendships and scottish men. :P Its the best book out of them all i would say (the other books i found it hard to get into, a bit slow and ya have to read 100 pages before you get to anything juicy). If your looking for a witty book and your a down to earth person that likes nothing more than having great mates, a pint in the pub, and a good chin wag with ya female friends then this is the book to go for. If your a girly girl and just want romance, you'll find the romance but probably wont appreciate the tom boy attitude of Mel and Fran ( main characters). Any one who buys this book wont be able to put it down its an excellent book.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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I very much liked this book, just as I liked another of Jenny Colgan's books "Talking to Addison". I'm looking forward to reading "Looking for Andrew McCarthy" (it's already in my shopping basket). I quite like the british wit of the author's writing style, and that her books are about women with normal problems like everyone else. They are perfect for humorous summer reading. The only thing that kept me from giving the book 4 stars though was the ending, which I thought was a little too quick.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Rubbish
Sadly this book did not live up to my expectation, lack of story line and then predictable, also too much bad language,
Published 3 days ago by C williams
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Have tried to find this book for years, so so so happy it was available for Kindle eventually, have to say it was funnier the first time I read it, but a really good read all the... Read more
Published 1 month ago by tracy bilclough
5.0 out of 5 stars Funny
I liked this book. Amanda's wedding was funny and enjoyable and it didn't take me long to read. This is probably one of Jenny Colgan's best reads so if you're reading her for the... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Terry McHale
3.0 out of 5 stars Not Bad for a First
On balance I'd say not bad for a first book, and really I read it to see what it was like. It is humorous and the premise of best friends and arch-bitch friend works well enough. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars great comfort read
Recently been stuck at home recovering from an illness, so have been reading anything I could get my hands on. Read more
Published on 30 July 2009 by Chipmonkey
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Chick-Lit
I have read several other books by Jenny Colgan before, and when I looked at reviews, there was always at least a few that seemed disappointed because the book "wasn't as good as... Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2009 by MD Healey
4.0 out of 5 stars One of her best books
This is probably Jenny Colgan's funniest book, it was warm and interesting, loved the ending, will read it again
Published on 11 Mar 2009 by DebzM
4.0 out of 5 stars laugh out loud funny
I first read this book a long time ago and have been back to it a couple of times since, which i think is unusual given the nature of it. Read more
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3.0 out of 5 stars an okay book
I thought this book was okay. Well written and everything however it is fairly predictable from the start which is very upsetting. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fabulous, brilliant, un-put-downable!
I absolutely ADORE this book. It follows Melanie, a girl who all the rest of us can relate to. From the first page to the last, Jenny Colgan keeps us laughing and crying along... Read more
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