Misery Loves Cabernet

by Kim Gruenenfelder

Charlize Charlie Edwards finally has it all: a house in Silverlake, L.A.'s hippest neighborhood, two fabulous best friends who always have her back, and a great (though hectic) job as the personal assistant to Hollywood's hottest movie star, Drew Stanton. But best of all, Charlie has a newly feathered love nest with Jordan, the sexy photographer she recently started dating. Maybe Charlie's journal of smart-alecky life advice--which she's always...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312348754
• ISBN13: 9780312348755
• Release Date: April 2009
• Publisher: Griffin
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 0.79 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A laugh out loud read

Charlize aka Charlie Edwards works as a personal assistant to one of Hollywood's famous movie stars, Drew Stanton. It is not as easy and glamorous as one would think it would be working for a celebrity, especially when that person is Drew Stanton. Luckily for Charlie, she has her two best friends, Kate and Dawn by her side. Just when Charlie begins to believe everything is going good for her, someone throws her a curve ball. First the guy she is seeing Jordan is offered a job in Paris. He will be gone for three months. Charlie doesn't think it will work between them doing the long distance relationship thing but she gives it a try anyways. Then her boss gets fired from the movie he is starring in...all due to an incident involving a hippo named Ida and a movie producer's swimming pool. When Charlie spots her crush, Liam O'Connor, famous movie producer at a Halloween party, all bets are off between Jordan and her. Besides the statistics involving couples and long term relationships are not very good. Misery Loves Cabernet is a fabulous, wonderful, witty and charming book.I absolutely loved Charlie and all her friends. Charlie and her friends need to have their own television series. I would definitely watch it. I couldn't put this book down, in fact this book is a one-sitter! When you meet all the people that Charlie has to put up with, it makes her seem normal and everyone else dysfunctional. There are so many favorite moments for me in this book. One of the best had to be towards the very end when Charlie's grandparents arrived in their Winnebago to spend Thanksgiving with the family. Charlie's grandmother presented everyone with a list of items that had everything from Yogi Berra to baseball strikes on it. The list involved things that no one can mention during the holiday season. For other great moments like these, you have got to pick up a copy of Misery Loves Cabernet today.

Kim Grundefielder is my friend in my head.

Hehehe, i know how that sounds, but I find her books hilariously entertaining. I haven't read her new book yet as I just got it today, but if it is anything like her last book than I know I am for a treat. Enjoy!!

Misery Loves Cabernet . . . and so do I!

Finally, a story about women and relationships that doesn't neglect the most important of all female relationships - the one a woman has with herself. This novel had everything I loved about it's predecessor and then some. It was engaging, real, and most of all hilarious. A must read in my book! (Bad pun intended).

LOVED Misery Loves Cabernet

Misery Loves Cabernet is so fantastically written. I adored A Total Waste of Makeup, and Misery far surpassed it! Kim Gruenenfelder is brilliant and witty in every possible way!

The Godfather II of Chicklit

This is that rare beast - a sequel that is just as good, if not better than the original. If you liked Charlie, the put-upon personal assistant in "A Total Waste of Makeup", her friends and her certifiable family, you'll be happy to know that they're back, and just as entertaining as ever. Funny stuff!