What a Girl Wants

by Liz Maverick

A debut novelist takes readers on a romantic romp through the ups and downs of twenty-something love and life...From a bold new voice in fiction, this is a laugh-filled look at life, love, and the pursuit of shoes, and a touching story about going for what you want...once you figure out what it is.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451211146
• ISBN13: 9780451211149
• Release Date: March 2004
• Publisher: New American Library
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Is advice always what you really need?

Haley Jane Smith is in a serious rut. She finds that her boss at work died (smells pretty bad) and she is the only one to notice. When the detective comes to check it out she has a quick session where she goes to 3rd base... She wants to have a real job where she is appreciated and a boyfriend. The bulk of the story follows her as her 3 best friends set out to help her. In fact Andrea is assigned to help her get the raise she was promised 6 moths ago. Suz is assigned to help her get that boyfriend. But, sometimes you should think for alone and not just follow advice. Her request for a raise ends up getting her fired. Her date with the police officer, who she likes, ends up being the only time she hears from him, even though she gets knocked unconscious at a baseball game.The friends mean well and she keeps following the advice until she decides it is not getting her anywhere. She still doesn't have a job she likes and the guy she really liked never calls her back, so she takes things in her own hands and sets out to get what she wants.LM makes this story fun to follow. I love it when Haley is knocked out and when she uses the inflatable bra...

Witty and Charming

Fun and Funny at the same time. Clever yet insouciant.

Snarky Good Fun

The theme of overcoming modern inertia is mixed in with some wickedly absurdist black comedy... from porn epiphanies to origami funerals, this is not your average chick lit. Think Daria goes Dot-com (and gets some fashion sense.) Snarky good fun!

Chick Lit with an american spin

This book is amazing! With sex and the city having ended, I was looking for something to fill the gap and alas, this book. Written with the token four distinct females, each friend adds an interesting component to the group. You have the brain, the sexpot, the corporate climber, and the one you can relate to. A perfect combination!It is also important to not that I only can usually find books of this caliber by british authors such as Jane Green. I would put this book on the same level as an great female british chick lit author. Overall, a great and entertaining book.

Fun chick-lit tale

In San Francisco, no one in the office noticed for twenty-four hours or more that senior coy editor Fred Leary died in his cubicle. His work neighbor twenty something Hayley Jane Smith though Fred was impolite when he failed to respond to email and her calling his name before finally confronting him only to find a corpse. SFPD Lt. Grant Hutchinson has a hard time accepting no one noticed the odor or that Fred failed to respond to any form of communication. When he interviews Hayley four feet from where the corpse resided, she jumps him and they start making love before the word maggots from the next cubicle bring them back to earth.On the advice of her Girlie Brunch pals, Hayley asks for the raise due her, but instead her boss fires her. Also heeding one of her pals, Hayley goes to a bar where she has a revelation about men. Now with the help of her friends she seeks employment and quality time spent with the "Big Dick".Though the fearsome foursome felines seem a bit ditzy, they are a fun group. Hayley is an interesting individual as she struggles with death, unemployment, and the hots. Her three mates add understanding of her and her desires so that the audience receives a fun chick lit tale that never takes anything even death seriously. Readers wanting an offbeat amusing contemporary will enjoy this maverick of a tale and look forward to what appears to be the story of another brunch member, sexy Suz.Harriet Klausner