A Little Change of Face

by Lauren Baratz-Logsted

A Little Change of Face by Lauren Baratz-Logsted released on Jun 28, 2005 is available now for purchase. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0373895259
• ISBN13: 9780373895250
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Red Dress Ink
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Certainly a different twist on an old Cinderella story.....

Is there one person out there that doesn't know a Cinderella story when they hear it? Take one plain girl, make her beautiful, and the handsome prince comes along. Well....Lauren Baratz-Logsted did just the opposite!! She took a remarkably beautiful woman named Scarlett and turned her plain to see if men would still be interested! Is beauty really only skin deep? Is beauty really in the eye of the beholder? When Scarlett's "friend" tells her in no uncertain terms that she gets everything she wants because she's beautiful, she decides to prove her wrong. She decides a change is in order: new hair, new clothes, new job...even a new name, Lettie. Now, in the real world would this EVER happen? Who knows? But it makes for a quirky, funny and amazingly honest book! Loved it!

My First Chick Lit

What a fun way to dip my toe into chick lit waters. I was intrigued by the concept of swan to ugly duckling, and wasn't disappointed. Scarlett transforms herself into ugly duckling Letti, hoping men will notice more about her than her large breasts and perfect skin. But the story is really about Scarlett discovering there is more to herself than what other's see. Sure, Pam (Default Best Friend) was horrid--I thoroughly enjoyed disliking her, and looked forward to her getting what she had coming. I'm going back to the store for more of Lauren's books.

Deliciously readable

Delightful. Hits the spot the way a big ol' spoonful of cookie dough does. Yum. Sweet, cute, sexy, but also some serious reflections on the lives of modern women and girls. And surprisingly, the real love story of a woman and her Best Girlfriend, much more than the story of a woman and a man. Fun, bright, charming, witty, and deeply nice in a totally-not-sarcastic-or-snide way.

Wacky and Wonderful

Once again Baratz-Logsted uses quirky wit and razor-sharp observations to getting is thinking about our appearance-obsessed society. Her heroine, Scarlett Stein, is blessed with good looks but they seem to be attracting the wrong men. Linda Howard wrote a book about the frumpy librarian who gets a makeover. This book is about the beautiful librarian who goes dowdy. It's a fun twist, a great read and a good beach book.

Tickled my funny bone...

Start first with the heroine's name. Scarlett Jane Stein. Scarlett's mother keeps telling her she will come to love the name as she gets older. Scarlett is still waiting for the joy of being named after one of the world's most notorious characters. Scarlett is beautiful, thin, and heaven forbid, large breasted, so naturally when she and her friends go out, the lion's share of attention goes to her. Scarlett decides she is tired of attracting attention for all the wrong reasons, meaning the wrong men. After all, she is a librarian. Yes, a librarian! Scarlett decides to change her appearance by becoming a woman with less allure; in fact, a nondescript, no make-up, dowdy clothed unnoticeable one and go on with her life without being hassled ,and ,most importantly, make her friends happy to be in her company. Once again Lauren Baratz-Logsted brings to this book her wit, humor, and quirky characters this reader finds delightful. If you enjoyed The Thin Pink Line and Crossing the Line, you will enjoy this book. If you have not read her previous books, you are in for a treat.