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Have I Got a Guy for You: What Really Happens When Mom Fixes You Up | 
 enlarge | Author: Alix Strauss
Publisher: Polka Dot Press
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 516608
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 256
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1598694332
Dewey Decimal Number: 306.73
EAN: 9781598694338
ASIN: 1598694332
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Book Description
The good news is: You've got a date. The bad news is: Your mother sent him. Picture this: Mom swears she's found "the one" for you, her baby girl, and you end up on the date from hell. If you've been there, done that, you'll appreciate the dating catch-22 that is Have I Got a Guy for You. In this take-no-prisoners collection of hilarious, wince-inducing true stories, you'll meet two dozen victims of Mom's well-meaning meddling and hear the unvarnished details of what they suffered through: - The schoolteacher who never wants to leave his house-or the couch
- The mother who writes letter after letter to Michael Gelman, then-producer of LIVE with Regis & Kathie Lee, hoping to persuade him to ask her daughter out
- The woman who's set up with her cousin-by-marriage
- The writer who endures eights hours of a Dungeons & Dragons convention
- The over-zealous actor who performs a monologue at Starbucks
- And the lawyer who sadly can't perform . . . at all
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Seeking a Mensch May 29, 2008
While most moms mean well, they don't always get it right, as this book cleverly demonstrates. Fun read. Take it to the pool with you this summer. Enjoyable, heartfelt and well written collection.
Great fun! April 22, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I found all of the stories fun and entertaining but the Kawatra story is worth the cover price all by itself. The tales are nicely crafted and shared with pleasant perspective so this isn't like reading a nasty rampage. This was a great idea and I hope to see a male equivalent come along soon.
Blind date **** April 16, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The story, "Shaadhi Abhi Naahi," which when translated from Hindi means, "No wedding yet," is written in beautifully precise language It is also very funny while introducing potentially sinister material. This story is about an Indian American mother's attempt to marry off her daughter. The other stories in the book continue with this theme with other ethnic groups like Korean Americans.
Clever and Poignant Humor April 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I found this collection of stories very enjoyable. Each author found comedy in situations which were not really humourous at the time they were were going through it, yet the way that they presented them was simply hilarious. I can't remember the last time when I laughed so much while reading. Like most of the other reviewers, I liked the one about the mom who set up her daughter on the Indian website and the one where the mom wrote incessantly to Gelman. Delightful!
Cool book! April 12, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
So I read the reviews and I thought this might be a fun airplane read. I loved the stories! The one about Gelman and the one about the Indian wedding site were amazing! I also like the one about the monologue dude. Very cool book, and I totally would recommend it! It was pretty shweet!
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