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PG was riding his bike one afternoon. He rode by a house with trash at the curb. Part of the loot was paperback books. A few months later, the time to read had come. The amazon one stars would say not to buy The Girls’ Guide to Hunting and Fishing, that it was not worth the hype. When you find a book that is thrown away, this is not a factor. PG had never even heard the phrase “chick lit”.
GGTHF got off to a slow start. The hero, Jane, goes to the beach with her parents, and meets her brother’s gf. PG was about to put the story down, until dad said, “Hair is the roof of the soul”.
There are seven sections to this book. They are loosely connected by the participation of Jane Rosenal, the daughter of a Philadelphia doctor. In one chapter, her only participation is living in an apartment upstairs from the action. This chapter is confusing. Someone’s son shows up for dinner with a new gf. The son announces that the gf is pregnant, as is his ex wife, and he is the daddy for both babies.
The author of this tale is Melissa Bank. The book is copyrighted 1999, and took twelve years to write. Ms. Bank is still alive, and stays in East Hampton, NY. At the 96 minute mark of this video, she explains why her continued existence is remarkable. While riding a bike home from radiation treatment, Ms. Bank was hit by a car. She landed on her head, and forgot vocabulary. This is a problem for a writer.
The last two chapters of GGTHF have a different feel from the first five. PG speculated they were written by a another person. After hearing about the bike wreck, this different style makes a bit of sense.
The last chapter is puzzling. Jane gets a book on manipulating men, and talks to the authors. In the end, she ignores the book, and gets kissed.