Pink Slip

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Summary: A less neurotic Bridget Jones
Review: This was a wonderful book. I would recommend it to anyone who likes Bridget Jones or the Girls Guide to Hunting and Fishing. It went a little deeper that either of these books, and it made you really identify with the main character and get attached to her.

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Summary: Best book I've read all year!
Review: I devoured this books in two days, finally staying up until 2 am to make sure "Lisar" and Eben made it through OK. Few books with a romantic plot can juggle the "real world" and the "romantic world" and yet still have a decent ending. Either it comes off as too bitter/edgy or as total mush. Pink Slip struck just the right balance for me. I can't wait for a sequel or at least another book from Rita Ciresi.

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Summary: Too many plot lines
Review: This is an interesting book, particularly for the younger woman, as the descriptions of corporate life and culture are fairly accurate. However, there were too many plot lines that were not fully developed so that they often seemed very contrived.

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Summary: this was an exellent book
Review: I thought this was a great book and I and Im only 15 I loved how they got back together again

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Summary: Pure guilty pleasure.
Review: After a slow start, this novel becomes wonderful. By the end, I truly cared about Lisa and Strauss and Dodie... cried a little too. A great call-in-sick-stay-home-in-bed-reading book. Yay, Rita Ciresi!

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Summary: Witty view of corporate life in the 80's by "Lisar"
Review: "Lisar" is a funny, witty, sad character with a lot of dimension. The idea of the 80's office with it's archaic technology and "new" philosophy of sexual harrassment was a wonderfully painted grey background to all of the colorful thoughts and beautifully written dialogue the author smoothly brush-stroked over this banal existence we all share of day-to-day corporate life. The contrast of her Italian mother and sister taking their spagetti-sauce stirring task so seriously, and the gay cousin throwing caution to the wind are masterfully written. This would be a great movie, and is very realistic. This is a great follow-up to Blue Italian. Can't wait to read more about Lisa in a sequel.

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Summary: Toss up between boring and interesting
Review: The beginning of this book began incredibly slow and boring. To be honest, I didn't even start to get interested until 150 pages later, but as soon as it started rolling, it slumped again. I thought Lisa and Strauss were obnoxious together; they fought like two elementary school children. Lisa's drug use grossed me out and made her seem very immature, especially for a 25-year-old corporate employee who yearns to be the head of her department. However, to give this book some credit, things got so much better around chapter 14 and I read like crazy to see how it would end. If I could give it an accurate score, I would have chosen a 3 1/2

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Summary: Sooooo Very Good!
Review: I loved Blue Italian and was waiting inpatiently for Rita Ciresi's next book. I was even more impressed with this one. You just gotta love Lisa and her sarcasm and wit! And as in Blue Italian, some scenes are so poignant and real....I felt real pain. The only problem is, I can hardly wait for the next book!!!!

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Summary: Did Not Want This Book To End
Review: This story reminded me so much of people that I already know. I wanted the story to go on -- I wasn't ready to let go of the wonderful characters.

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Summary: The Village People of the nineties
Review: Let's play the game: Office Romance - Sexual harassment; Gays - aids; Jews - holocaust, xenophobia; Italians - well, maybe blue collars; Lesbians - golf. May I say more? Rita Ciresi has shamelessly exploited all the stereotypes. I was waiting for a constructor worker in a hard hat and an Indian with a feather hat to show up while I was reading. But she was pretty good doing the exploitation - I could not put the book down until it was finished.