- Paperback: 400 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; paperback / softback edition (10 Aug 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006512062
- ISBN-13: 978-0006512066
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.8 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (33 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 400,130 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘I absolutely, genuinely loved The Trials of Tiffany Trott. It’s quite a while since I enjoyed a book this much. To be frank I wish I’d written it myself. It’s funny, charming, upbeat and unputdownable. Acutely observed and so well written. I was completely diverted and entertained. It deserves to do fantastically well.’
MARIAN KEYES
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An engaging first novel that takes a humorous look at the ever-growing singles scene, and the dilemma of successful thirty-something women trying and often failing to ‘have it all’.
Tiffany Trott is attractive, eligible and sparky – so why is she (as her bossy best friend puts it) ‘a complete failure with men’? Stung into indignant action, she decides she’ll hunt down Mr Right herself – or even Mr All Right, who’s got to be better than the Mr Catastrophics who litter her recent past. So begins Tiffany’s eventful odyssey through the Love Jungle. From blindingly bland dates to introduction agencies, small ads and Club Med, Tiffany tries the lot in her quest for a mate. But as she ponders her puzzling lack of a life partner, Tiffany watches her friends face problems of their own – and begins to wonder whether marriage and motherhood is quite what she wants after all…
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The Trials of Tiffany Trott is the funniest book I have ever read. I have actually read it three times which is unusual because I put a lot of books down half way through and never pick them up again. Tiffany's funniest date (I thought) was with the guy who insisted on dragging her along to an 'all you can eat for a fiver' eaterie - but all her dates were pretty hillarious. One reviewer said that you'd have to understand the London social scene to appreciate this book but I strongly disagree. I have never lived in London and I think the social scene is pretty much the same in every city - there are certainly dodgy men in every city anyway! Well done Isobel Wolff - you truly are hillarious!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As a self help author and teacher, novels are a rare find on my bookshelf. I picked up Tiffanny Trott as I was settling down to a bath in a friend's house having realised I'd left my own soul searching tome in my bedroom. Half an hour later, the bathwater had gone cold, the pages were wet and I was suffering from terminal laughing tummy. Needless to say I consumed the rest of the book within 24 hours. Isabel Wolff is a very very funny woman and that's a compliment because it's rare that any book makes me laugh out loud throughout.
Tiffanny Trott is one of those splendidly, belly achingly funny reads because it is so true to life. Ms Trott is riddled with the desperation, and self-deprecating attitudes of the many clients who consult me because they can't find a man. Most of my female 30-something-there-are-no-men-out-there friends have had dalliances with men that bear a frightening resemblance to Wolff's male characters.
I suspect that Isabel Wolff has done some serious research on this subject if not experienced many of the situations herself in some roundabout way.
Reading this book was like spending quality time with those friends you constantly seek out because they are so amusing. The last author who had that affect on me was Tom Sharpe.
I absolutely loved the 'real thought/actual statement' style that Wolff uses. Tiffany comes out with outrageously funny and cuttingly true comments about people [the kind of things one thinks but dares not say] and just as the reader is shocked by her foot-in-mouth attitude, it is followed by the words 'I didn't really say that' and a completely bland statement of the sort one is expected to say but isn't in any way true. You know, when you look at someone's outfit and think they must have found it in a skip, but when asked to comment say something boringly polite like 'how very stylish, dahling'.
Read this book on holiday, or before you go to sleep - it's guaranteed to put a big smile on your face and what can be better than that.
In truth I found it much funnier and more true to life than Bridget Jones [which seemed that little bit too unreal for me to believe]. I hope someone's had the sense to snap up the film rights.
Surprisingly, my boyfriend, whose reading generally consists of motorcycle magazines and more motorcycle magazines couldn't put the book down. He's started on Minty Malone already and I'm beginning to find the bed shaking laughter a little irritating!!! But I suppose it's my fault for buying it for him! My only concern is that I'm going to read the books quicker than Ms Wolff can write them. Oh dear, I'm hooked on novels again and it's all Tiffany Trott's fault.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the funniest book that Wolff has written. If you were mad about Minty, you'll be troppo over Tiffany. Poor old Tiffany, 37 years old and still single! Follow Tiffany through her torture as she tries to find true love and commitment; through the singles dinners, personal columns and weddings (of other people) she trawls and reminds me of why I'm single. A laugh a minute.
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An entertaining, at times funny yarn
Not a laugh out loud book..otherwise I would have given it 5 stars, however nice style of writing which is easy to read and flows nicely..and it is an amusing tale... Read more
Published 22 months ago by J. Charlton
Not as good as her other books
I bought this book after really enjoying a number of Isabel Woolf's novels, especially the Making of Minty Malone. Read more
Published 23 months ago by opinionrated
Yes, it's great
I loved this offering from Isabel Wolff. The heroine is a lovely character and you become intrigued in her life as she struggles with an unhappy marriage break-up, the stress of... Read more
Published on 21 July 2004 by Zara
Please can we have some more!
Isabel Wolff has a fantastic style and a way of making her heroines so realistic and believable. Tiffany Trott gives hope to all those who fear being left on the shelf. Read more
Published on 8 May 2004 by "dlovegrove1"
Shallow
The book was a free gift with a magazine. I am glad I did not pay for it. I think it is chaotic, sometimes very funny but I got lost with all those names, men etc. Read more
Published on 9 Jun 2003 by Anita Marzec
Disappointing after reading her latest , Out of the Blue
I was keen to read both Tiffany Trott and Minty Malone after reading the latest novel by Isabel Wolff (Out of the Blue), I'd read the reviews and was looking for a couple of books... Read more
Published on 22 Jun 2001
Funny stories - but not really a novel
Here's what you should do. Get yourself a stack of books by authors like Katie Fforde, Christina Jones, Linda Taylor, Louise Bagshawe, Laura Zigman, Maeve Haran, Fiona Walker,... Read more
Published on 20 Jun 2001
Love this book and its heroine!!
I just fell madly in love with this author, this book, and especially Tiffany Trott. She just has the most terrible time looking for her special someone. Read more
Published on 21 April 2001 by Allen T. Sasser
TIFFANY RULES!!!
Totally fantastic, light-hearted and hilarious - I liked Tiffany instantly. Unfortunately I can't imagine Out Of The Blue living up to such a wonderful book - but I'm hoping!!
Published on 6 April 2001
A very funny and entertaining book, take the day off work!
I simply LOVED teh book, in addition her book Minty Malone, is great also! Yes, these are sterotypes of women "looking for love", but it proves that being single isn't... Read more
Published on 14 July 2000 by wbmiztres@aol.com
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