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Shoe Addicts Anonymous | 
 enlarge | Author: Beth Harbison
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 28371
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 352
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.1
ISBN: 0312348231
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780312348236
ASIN: 0312348231
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
Four different women. One common shoe size. And a shared lust for fabulous footwear. Helene Zaharis’s politician husband keeps her on a tight leash and cancels her credit cards as a way of controlling her. Lorna Rafferty is up to her eyeballs in debt and can’t stop her addiction to eBay. Sandra Vanderslice, battling agoraphobia, pays her shoe bills by working as a phone-sex operator. And Jocelyn Bowen is a nanny for the family from hell (who barely knows a sole from a heel but who will do anything to get out of the house.) On Tuesday nights, these women meet to trade shoes and, in the process, form friendships that will help them each triumph over their problems---from secret pasts to blackmail, bankruptcy, and dating. Funny, emotional, and powerful, Shoe Addicts Anonymous is a perfect read for any woman who has ever struggled to find the perfect ?t.
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 What Fun! January 5, 2009
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Also a shoe addict, although my budget runs more to Clarks and Eastlands, I could definitely identify with the "high" these ladies get from buying shoes!
A fast and fun read. Lorna, the waitress, has no fiscal responsibility, Sandra is agoraphobic, Helene is living a lie in her marriage, and Joss, the nanny, allows her employer to take advantage of her good heart. Women can certainly find themselves in these dead-end situations which I enjoyed seeing the four main characters overcome.
I'm waiting for another Evanovich, and this one "filled the bill."
AMAZING! October 28, 2008
By far the best book I've read... you have to get the second one tooo... the secret life if a show addict! AMAAAAAAAZING! I'm not much of a reader but I couldn't put this book down. I also made my friends buy it. I can't wait for another to come out!
Wildly Entertaining book, but fails a bit to deliver in the end September 27, 2008
I was immediately drawn to this book from the first few pages. A group of 4 women from different backgrounds that have a same common interest, their love of shoes.
Likes -
1) The end of each chapter wanted to keep you reading more.
2) The main characters were very likeable
3) Enjoyed the beginning and middle of story
4) Detailed characters very well
5) Very easy and fun read
Dislikes -
1) Didn't see too much development in characters, they miraculously jumped from being one way to another
2) Detailed certain characters (Transvestite & Sandra's regular Caller) but they never eclipsed like you would expect. No real explanation why they did what they did.
3) Detailed the beginning and middle very well but then wrapped it up too quickly in the end. The end was VERY rushed.
4) Characters developed this tight bond overnight, which was somewhat unrealistic
5) Sandra miraculously recovered from her agoraphobia almost overnight
6) The car chase - that's all I have to say...
7) Ending was completely C-O-R-N-Y. It was pretty much just "summarized" as if the author got tired of writing and just quickly summed it up.
I really liked this book in the beginning but as soon as the car chase (involving all the main characters) it went down hill from there. Too cheezy. The author so quickly unraveled the story after taking so much time developing each character that she jumped from one plot to the next with no realistic flow. The ending was really disappointing. Pretty lazy if you ask me.
About 80% of the book is enjoyable, so I would recommend it and take the ending with a grain of salt.
Are you a shoe addict too? September 25, 2008
This is the typical, generic, chick-lit that one would expect when picking this up. That is not bad thing. It's an enjoyable tale of four women with an obsession for shoes (well, 3 of them). This is nothing revolutionary, but it is the perfect beach read or pick-me-up to any woman's day.
 Shoe Addict Anonymous September 23, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I love shoes, and the book was an easy read, but it really didn't "grab or hold me" until the last quarter of the book
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