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If it had not been for my fiance's alcoholic cousin Mookie I feel quite sure that my daddy would still be a member in good standing at the Oconee Hills Country Club. Read the first page
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If it had not been for my fiance's alcoholic cousin Mookie I feel quite sure that my daddy would still be a member in good standing at the Oconee Hills Country Club. Read the first page
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Mary Kay Andrews is a new author for me and so far I am really enjoying her books. I like to read the lighter stuff in bed and I also like the stories to have enough content and plot to engage my brain.This author's writing seems to fit the bill for me, certainly in the three of her books I have read so far.
All her characters live in the deep south of America and her main female characters are totally into old houses and secondhand furniture, the kind you find in "estate sales", markets, second-hand shops and salvage yards.
In this book Keeley the main character is an Interior designer, who discovers her fiance deep into her bestfriend in a cupboard at the rehearsal dinner. That's when the "hissy fit" takes place.There will be no wedding. Keeley picks her life back up with a lot of good honest hard work and some help from her gay best friend.
Although the book seems typical chick-lit land at first the story does go deeper and I found it a satisfying and enjoyable read that I would definitely recommend.
All her characters live in the deep south of America and her main female characters are totally into old houses and secondhand furniture, the kind you find in "estate sales", markets, second-hand shops and salvage yards.
In this book Keeley the main character is an Interior designer, who discovers her fiance deep into her bestfriend in a cupboard at the rehearsal dinner. That's when the "hissy fit" takes place.There will be no wedding. Keeley picks her life back up with a lot of good honest hard work and some help from her gay best friend.
Although the book seems typical chick-lit land at first the story does go deeper and I found it a satisfying and enjoyable read that I would definitely recommend.
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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful
A light read that goes beyond the trivial
7 Sep 2004
Format:Hardcover
The first few pages read like a typical "chick lit"-type book: during her rehearsal dinner, main character Keeley discovers her fiancé and best friend inappropriately engaged, and she flies into a rage which gives the book its title. Predictably, she seeks comfort from another close friend, Austin, the requisite gay character. Beyond this point, however, Hissy Fit is anything but predictable.
Enter Will, new in town and both single and rich--a perfect new love interest for Keeley, right? Well, not exactly, as he has already fallen head-over-heels for a blond knockout, but he does hire Keeley's interior design firm to renovate a local mansion in order to win over his heart's desire. In the midst of her hectic new work schedule, Keeley finds herself not only questioning her beliefs about love and fidelity but also longing to discover the fate of the mother who left Keeley and her father when she was just a child.
This is a light read but with a breadth and depth rarely seen in this humourous genre. You will laugh, you will think, but most of all, you will enjoy this book.
Enter Will, new in town and both single and rich--a perfect new love interest for Keeley, right? Well, not exactly, as he has already fallen head-over-heels for a blond knockout, but he does hire Keeley's interior design firm to renovate a local mansion in order to win over his heart's desire. In the midst of her hectic new work schedule, Keeley finds herself not only questioning her beliefs about love and fidelity but also longing to discover the fate of the mother who left Keeley and her father when she was just a child.
This is a light read but with a breadth and depth rarely seen in this humourous genre. You will laugh, you will think, but most of all, you will enjoy this book.
31 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Outrageous behavior that is laugh out loud funny!!
7 Oct 2004
Format:Hardcover
This is one of those books that you do not want to read if you are somewhere that has little toleration for laughing and giggling while you read.......add a few gasps for outrageous behavior!!!!
Hissy Fit is the story of a young interior designer, Keeley, whose life will be taking a sudden unexpected turn when she finds her fiancé and her best friend in a compromising position the night before her wedding is to take place.
Mary Kay Andrews fills her book with laugh out loud humor, crazy, outrageous behavior and reactions as well as a tender, loving father daughter relationship whose very ground may be rocked by the events that will unfold. She surrounds Keeley with a group of unique and interesting characters that move this book along at high speed. You simply have to turn the page to find out what will happen next, only to be surprised time and again. This is too good not to read!!
Hissy Fit is the story of a young interior designer, Keeley, whose life will be taking a sudden unexpected turn when she finds her fiancé and her best friend in a compromising position the night before her wedding is to take place.
Mary Kay Andrews fills her book with laugh out loud humor, crazy, outrageous behavior and reactions as well as a tender, loving father daughter relationship whose very ground may be rocked by the events that will unfold. She surrounds Keeley with a group of unique and interesting characters that move this book along at high speed. You simply have to turn the page to find out what will happen next, only to be surprised time and again. This is too good not to read!!
17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
LOL! LOL! LOL!
12 July 2005
Format:Paperback
What a funny, funny book. The main character is a completely believeable young woman caught in the unfortunate situation of discovering a cheating fiancé the night before the wedding. What's a woman to do? Pitch a fit.
Like other Mary Kay Andrews stories, this has an element of fairy tale: in this case, restoring a Southern mansion and having access to unlimited funds. There are also several fairy-tale-like antique buys that had me sighing. And then there is the matter of the perfect bra...
A strong sense of place -- of several places, actually -- permeates this light read. If you come away without wanting to visit rural Georgia and several locations of flea markets in the South, you will not have been paying attention. In all these places readers meet up with deftly drawn characters, people you would certainly recognize on the street. The mystery at the heart of the story solves itself in the reader's mind with at least a third of the book to go. But the places and people kept me engaged and laughing out loud until I turned the last page.
Like other Mary Kay Andrews stories, this has an element of fairy tale: in this case, restoring a Southern mansion and having access to unlimited funds. There are also several fairy-tale-like antique buys that had me sighing. And then there is the matter of the perfect bra...
A strong sense of place -- of several places, actually -- permeates this light read. If you come away without wanting to visit rural Georgia and several locations of flea markets in the South, you will not have been paying attention. In all these places readers meet up with deftly drawn characters, people you would certainly recognize on the street. The mystery at the heart of the story solves itself in the reader's mind with at least a third of the book to go. But the places and people kept me engaged and laughing out loud until I turned the last page.
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