by Melissa Bank
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The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing explores the life lessons of Jane, the contemporary American Everywoman who combines the charm of Bridget Jones, the vulnerability of Ally McBeal, and the wit of Lorrie Moore.
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Jane Rosenal, the narrator of The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, is wise beyond her years. Not that that's saying much--since none of her elders, with the exception of her father, is particularly wise. At the age of 14, Jane watches her brother and his new girlfriend, searching for clues for how to fall in love, but by the end of the summer she's trying to figure out how not to fail in love. At twice that age, Jane quickly internalizes How to Meet and Marry Mr. Right, even though that retro manual is ruining her chances at happiness. In the intervening years, Melissa Bank's heroine struggles at love and work. The former often seems indistinguishable from the latter, and her experiences in book publishing inspire little in the way of affection. As Jane announces in "The Worst Thing a Suburban Girl Could Imagine": "I'd been a rising star at H----- until Mimi Howlett, the new executive editor, decided I was just the lights of an airplane." Bank's first collection has a beautiful, true arc, and all the sophistication and control her heroine could ever desire. In "The Floating House," Jane and her boyfriend, Jamie, visit his ex-girlfriend in St. Croix, and right from the start she can't stop mimicking her beautiful competitor, in a notably idiotic fashion. "I'm like one of those animals that imitates its predators to survive," she realizes--one of several thousand of Bank's ruefully funny phrases. But even as Jane clowns around, desperately trying to keep up appearances, she is so hyperaware it hurts. Again and again, the author explores the dichotomy between life as it happens and the rehearsed anecdote, the preferred outcome. In The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing, even suburban quiet has "nothing to do with peace." Bank's much-anticipated debut merits all its buzz and, more to the point, transcends it. --Kerry Fried
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 Fantastic Read, 2008-09-28
This book is great--very Hemingway-esque but still lighthearted chick lit. I highly recommend this to any woman, especially those between the ages of 25 and 45.
0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
 Never received, 2008-09-11
I ordered "The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing" on 8/10/08 as it was selected as a fun read for my book club. I never arrived. I did e-mail the sender after several weeks but did not hear back. Correspondance from them after my second e-mail stated they did not receive any message from me. Hard to understand as I did not get notice that my e-mail didn't go through.
I had to purchase the book from B&N.
Virginia Perry
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 Ignore the bad reviews! , 2008-07-07
I just finished reading "The Girls' Guide..." and wanted to see what others had to say... I could not believe the bad reviews! I read it in less than 2 days because I couldn't put it down. I can relate to almost every word! I will admit it started out slowly and I honestly didn't care for Jane/Melissa's snooty ways - at first. But then I noticed little clever details and found myself thinking back on what Bank had to say. I won't forget this one for a while. I would give it 4 1/2 stars but that's not an option and 5 is not really accurate given my annoyance with Jane in the first chapter. Still, you should do yourself a favor and read this book!!!
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Read it for the writing, 2008-02-20
My daughter gave me this book because I was writing a novel at the time. I was feeling cocky about my writing ability until I read Girls Guide. The woman can write. It is a book about nothing and has one chapter that has nothing to do with the rest of the book. However, it may have because the book is about nothing...so who knows? Her style will pull you through the nothingness with a smile on your face. A pleasure to read. The Wonder Place is simply more of the same with some story lines rolled in.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
 The Girls Guide, 2008-01-20
This book was not what I thought it was going to be. It talked analytically and figuratively. I did not find a point to the book until the very END. One chapter seemed like it didn't even fit.
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