Wish Upon a Star

by Olivia Goldsmith

Book Overview

From the bestselling author of UPTOWN GIRL and THE FIRST WIVES CLUB comes a sparkling New York romantic comedy about one woman finding her very own Prince Charming where she least expected to. Life in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0007133375
• ISBN13: 9780007133376
• Release Date: June 2004
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A real gem

This is a small story about a quiet woman that packs a powerful punch. I gave myself over to Claire and fell in love with her fairy-tale journey. This isn't realism, and I was fine with that. Watching this woman come into her own and find the life that belongs to her was so much fun and deeply emotionally satisfying.

charming

I have to take a contrary view of this book to the others who have reviewed it. I liked this book a lot, particularly so because the story takes place in New York and London. A quick and smart read.

One of her best

I own all of Olivia Goldsmith's books even though I hadn't been as happy with her later works as I was with the earlier novels but this one made me love (and miss) her all over again. The heroine was more realistic and relatable than a lot of the women in her stories but the story still had a kind of fairy tale quality to it. I liked the message of success achieved by being true to yourself, making the most of your talents and treating other people with kindness and respect. If all of us managed to live our lives this way happy endings would be a reality and not fiction. A lot of the work situations and relationships (the toxic co-workers, the indifferent parent the ridiculous crush and the unexpected friend) will ring true and the depictions of London, its people and scenery are like a mini-vacation. I think that Ms. Goldsmith achieved something very special with this book and I wish that she'd lived long enough to create more like it.