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by Melissa Bank (Author) "YOU COULD TELL it was going to be a perfect beach day, maybe the best one all summer, maybe the last one of our vacation,..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 336 pages
  • Publisher: Viking Books (31 May 2005)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0670034118
  • ISBN-13: 978-0670034116
  • Product Dimensions: 23.5 x 16 x 3.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,370,395 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'A lovely, funny, melancholy stroll through twenty years of a woman's life and when I'd finished it, I wished I was getting more' Zadie Smith

'Endearingly upbeat and witty...reads like Jane Austen rescripted as Dorothy Parker' Daily Telegraph

'Brilliant observation, a glorious turn of phrase...Bank achieves something close to perfection' Guardian

'The kind of girl you'd want to have as your best friend...so brilliantly written you'll want to ration it out, so you never reach the end' Marie Claire --This text refers to the Paperback edition.



About the Author

Melissa Bank's first book, The Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, was published by Viking in 1999. She lives in New York City --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Thanks, Ms Bank, 5 Sep 2006
By Allegra (Luxembourg) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Wonder Spot (Paperback)
Melissa Bank writes touchingly, beautifully and - most of all - wittily. How could anyone not love the author of words such as: "These meetings always made me feel that the clocks had stopped and all beauty had gone from the world"? Her book would be worth reading for such sparkling nuggets alone. But there is much more to it than that: her style is impeccable, her characters three-dimensional and delicately observed, and Sophie Applebaum's wanderings through the world of potential husbands gently grip the reader's attention. My only criticism is that the book seems less like a novel than a series of short stories, hastily strung together, and even more hastily brought to a shuddering and very unsatisfactory halt with the last chapter (oh yes, that and the weird title ...). Nevertheless, this is great writing and does not deserve to be linked in any way with the chick lit genre. Thanks, Ms Bank.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars give me the next 20 years, 19 Aug 2006
By Bett Demby "Bett from Finchley" (Finchley, London United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wonder Spot (Paperback)
this wonderful novel gave me a warm feeling all over! I just finished it on holiday and so had the benfit of reading it all almost in one go which always is a bonus. Sophie is such a well drawn character, her constant asides to the reader really struck a chord with me each time she made them, and they made me laugh outloud. I don't often feel moved to contact an author after I have finished reading a novel but in this case I wanted to send a mail immediately to Melissa Bank and tell her how much ejoyment she had afforded me. The story is excellent but for me its all about characterisation and this cast all felt completely real to me. Take a chance, buy it and you'll not be sorry.
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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Bank deepens and broadens her range, 14 Jun 2005
This review is from: The Wonder Spot (Hardcover)
Melissa Bank's second book -- a novel, a book of linked stories-may disappoint some fans of A Girl's Guide to Hunting and Fishing, but as a writer she has gone far deeper in her new book, The Wonder Spot. The wit is still there, the graceful prose, the deep empathy one feels for the main character, Sophie Applebaum. But in The Wonder Spot Bank shows new depths and nuances and shadows. She doesn't hide from sadness or loneliness or failure with her lightning wit-and her canvas in The Wonder Spot is broader. She deals with death and religion; with issues of class and money; with even deeper themes of identity and appearance in conflict with character and integrity that is nearly Jamesian. She is strong and smart and funny, but she is also no longer afraid to be vulnerable. Second books-especially after huge first successes-are tough, but Melissa Bank has far exceeded even our most generous expectations. She has written an important and brilliant new book. But try it for yourself. Pick up a copy! Another book I need to recommend -- very much on my mind since I purchased a copy off Amazon is "The Losers' Club: Complete Restored Edition" by Richard Perez, a funny, highly entertaining little novel I can't stop thinking about.
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