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Publisher: Kensington Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date: August 1, 2008
ISBN-13: 9780758223586
320pp
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Summary
What's in a name?
Joan Benjamin, a plain and uptight secretary on
It's either Everything.
Armed with all the pop psychology she can get her hands on-and with the help of
a dear friend who can recite Cosmo-style stats by heart-Joan sets out to
cultivate her inner Jennifer: a sexy, successful belle-of-the-ball who's
completely in charge of her professional and private lives.
OR NOTHING
AT ALL.
But "Project Jennifer" is not a rousing success right out of the
gate-apparently, even Jennifers can have bad dates
and wardrobe malfunctions-but soon Joan begins to feel transformed by her new
self. In fact, her Jennifer persona might end up teaching her a few unexpected
lessons about life: like how to say "yes" to things you want and
"no" to things you don't, and that just being yourself is enough. Even
if that self is named Joan.
Book Room Review
If you like your chick lit with a great message then this is the book for
you! Every woman can identify with
Joan’s feelings of inadequacy after being rejected, especially after finding out
her ex is getting married to a seemingly beautiful and perfect Jennifer. So
Joan decides to make herself over inside and out and
pretend she is another person.
This is a
wonderful issue to explore in a novel.
Can we really change into someone else, especially a perfect idea of
what we think others want us to be?
These are great questions to explore with a book club. Jill Rosenblatt is a first time author, but
her characters are fully developed and so engaging, so you would think she’d
been churning out books for years.
Project Jennifer is a fun and easy read with an important lesson, and it helps raise the bar for chick lit. I look forward to her next books.
Book Room Grade
B
Review Posted: July 11, 2008
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